ot: Thought this was funny as hell.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Okay stop.

As one of the token liberals here I have to call bullshit.

That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.

(Or the more contemporary version: the guy who drives his $30k hybrid to a wine and cheese soirée on poverty.)

While English is–lignustically– the most horrific frankenstein language on the planet (like we have different definitions for “bath”, “bathe” and “bask”), it is perfectly reasonable to expect people to learn it without the benefit of second language.

Not all of us went to La Jolla Country Day.[/quote]

Dan: “Lignustically”? Dude.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rich Toscano][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?[/quote]

Yeah, Brian, where? Enquiring minds want to know.

Also, having taken three years of Latin in high school, I can tell you that having a background in Latin actually does more to help with you Spanish or French than English.

As Dan correctly points out, English is a real hodge-podge. A “lignustic” mess, if you ask me.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rich Toscano][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?[/quote]

Yeah, Brian, where? Enquiring minds want to know.

Also, having taken three years of Latin in high school, I can tell you that having a background in Latin actually does more to help with you Spanish or French than English.

As Dan correctly points out, English is a real hodge-podge. A “lignustic” mess, if you ask me.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rich Toscano][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?[/quote]

Yeah, Brian, where? Enquiring minds want to know.

Also, having taken three years of Latin in high school, I can tell you that having a background in Latin actually does more to help with you Spanish or French than English.

As Dan correctly points out, English is a real hodge-podge. A “lignustic” mess, if you ask me.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rich Toscano][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?[/quote]

Yeah, Brian, where? Enquiring minds want to know.

Also, having taken three years of Latin in high school, I can tell you that having a background in Latin actually does more to help with you Spanish or French than English.

As Dan correctly points out, English is a real hodge-podge. A “lignustic” mess, if you ask me.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rich Toscano][quote=briansd1]
The best English speakers are people who studied Latin and Greek, and other Western languages such as French and German. They know the etymology of words.

If your only language is English, then chances are you’re a deficient speller.[/quote]

Where do you come up with this stuff?[/quote]

Yeah, Brian, where? Enquiring minds want to know.

Also, having taken three years of Latin in high school, I can tell you that having a background in Latin actually does more to help with you Spanish or French than English.

As Dan correctly points out, English is a real hodge-podge. A “lignustic” mess, if you ask me.

[briansd1]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.

George W. Bush named his bankrupted company Arbusto Energy. No wonder it went bust!! hahaha… (a Spanish speaker would understand better).

[briansd1]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.

George W. Bush named his bankrupted company Arbusto Energy. No wonder it went bust!! hahaha… (a Spanish speaker would understand better).

[briansd1]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.

George W. Bush named his bankrupted company Arbusto Energy. No wonder it went bust!! hahaha… (a Spanish speaker would understand better).

[briansd1]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.

George W. Bush named his bankrupted company Arbusto Energy. No wonder it went bust!! hahaha… (a Spanish speaker would understand better).

[briansd1]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.

George W. Bush named his bankrupted company Arbusto Energy. No wonder it went bust!! hahaha… (a Spanish speaker would understand better).

[svelte]

[quote=briansd1][quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.
[/quote]

Geez, my experience has been just the opposite. Most of the people I have known who speak/write multiple languages don’t do any of them well (though they think they do).

Jack of all trades, master of none is appropriate here.

[svelte]

[quote=briansd1][quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.
[/quote]

Geez, my experience has been just the opposite. Most of the people I have known who speak/write multiple languages don’t do any of them well (though they think they do).

Jack of all trades, master of none is appropriate here.

[svelte]

[quote=briansd1][quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.
[/quote]

Geez, my experience has been just the opposite. Most of the people I have known who speak/write multiple languages don’t do any of them well (though they think they do).

Jack of all trades, master of none is appropriate here.

[svelte]

[quote=briansd1][quote=urbanrealtor]
That “one-must-learn-an-ancient-or-foreign-language-to-speak-English” is just about as credible as the dude belching out smog from his tree-hugger-bestickered volkswagen.[/quote]

Maybe there’s no direct correlation between the study of the foreign languages and how well one speaks English.

Perhaps it’s simply the amount of study/reading of the English language that’s important.

I know a Chinese gal who’s studied English on her own in China back the 1980s. She read all the English classics and speaks English beautifully. Of course, Chinese and English are not related languages.

My own experience is that people who speak a foreign language (e.g. Spanish) speak better English. They use more nuanced expressions.
[/quote]

Geez, my experience has been just the opposite. Most of the people I have known who speak/write multiple languages don’t do any of them well (though they think they do).

Jack of all trades, master of none is appropriate here.

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