tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post4178494486339369558..comments2024-03-28T09:56:06.298-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: BBC PidginGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-14778442832438022192018-12-30T17:33:09.172-05:002018-12-30T17:33:09.172-05:00Yes, that’s true. It’s surprisingly different disc...Yes, that’s true. It’s surprisingly different discipline, hearing versus reading. I can read a number of languages, but I really can’t converse in any but English. I’d need a lot more practice hearing the sounds, and of course then you’ve got to remember how to formulate a verbal reply. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-13880203245245584162018-12-30T17:27:39.913-05:002018-12-30T17:27:39.913-05:00Hearing the language is a different problem, thoug...Hearing the language is a different problem, though--that gets a lot more idiomatic and loaded with non-latin-based words, and with shortcuts, and the speed is terrifying. Generally by the time I figured out what the other person in the group had said, my opportunity to reply had long flitted. I don't think I'm going to be appointed ambassador to France anytime soon.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-4908842157677820382018-12-30T13:00:15.310-05:002018-12-30T13:00:15.310-05:00One of my Romanian sons, who did not like to do wo...One of my Romanian sons, who did not like to do work, passed Spanish 1 & 2 mostly by learning the Spanish endings and putting them on Romanian words. Even after the teachers caught on, they weren't too disapproving. Functionality is supposed to be the point.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-1317248084902741732018-12-30T12:40:21.959-05:002018-12-30T12:40:21.959-05:00Ooday Youday eakspay igpay atinlay?Ooday Youday eakspay igpay atinlay?Roy Lofquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536815900678298041noreply@blogger.com