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Thread: English words that conflict with your language.
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus 03:10 12-25-2009
Originally Posted by Subotan:
It's a cultural thing rather than an actual language thing. We seem to take genuine pride in what is actually a national embarrassment; namely, our amazingly poor language skills.
This is true, but with 6-10 times the vocabulary as other languages, and the need to master complex syntax in order to have the flexability of an inflected language. So, a native speaker probably uses more brain-space for his first language if that language is English.

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It's impossible and pointless. The word order is way more screwed up than in German. Although it is funny having to explain to Germans that Welsh is no mere dialect of English, and then having to show them some Welsh to prove it.
I understand Welsh sounds like a Scandanavian Language to Germans, apparently.

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