its all about the MONEY!!~

[Carolyn Duncan]

Originally posted by mike o'leary
languages and traditional language classes are very different things. traditional language classes, imho, spend too much time on the rediculous details of conjugations and what not, and not enough time teaching you to speak conversational [insert language here]. so doing poorly in a language class doesnt really reflect how hard or easy it is to pick up and understand that language. it more reflects how much detail the language has to it and stuff.

You're exactly right. Geez I said it again, me thinks it's becoming a habbit (note to self: STOP telling Mike he's right about things). Anyway, I can communicate with almost anyone in German. I say almost because Germans mummble naturally so sometimes it's hard to understand them and there are "sub-languages" in German. They aren't dialects just different languages like Spanish in Mexico and Spain except within the same country. Anyway, the point is that different people learn differently and it seems more iportant to learn to speak so that someone can understand you than to be able to recite conjugations and tense charts.

i dont know how they do it in spanish, but i know that french has like 20 different tences, all of which are conjugated differently, and that each tense has a different conjugation for each of the 6 basic subjects. and then sometimes they have agreement too but othertimes not.

German and French are very simmilar. I know the pain of these things, strong and weak verbs.

[mike o'leary]

german sounds cool though cuz whenever you hear someone speaking it it sounds like theyre within seconds of going completely insane and causing severe harm to anyone or anything nearby.

[Carolyn Duncan]

Most people think you're getting ready to hock a loogey on them.

[David Kelly]

Originally posted by Carolyn Duncan
Most people think you're getting ready to hock a loogey on them.

yummy

[Carolyn Duncan]

Breakfast of champions.

[David Kelly]

nothin but the best

[Carolyn Duncan]

...when you're goin' for the gold.

[David Kelly]

...and silver

[Carolyn Duncan]

No that's what we leave for the other countries.

[David Kelly]

USA USA USA USA USA USA!!!!!!

[EddieMcD]

<sarcasm>I see we're on topic here</sarcasm>

[mike o'leary]

so we are eddie, so we are

[Tom Fairchild]

Sometimes I wonder why my post count isn't as high as others..... and then I remember.

~Tom~, who was really tempted to steal Eddie's sarcasm tags but decided not to.

[mike o'leary]

Originally posted by Tom Fairchild
~Tom~, who was really tempted to steal Eddie's sarcasm tags but decided not to.

he decided not to cuz he remembered that stealing isnt cool

[David Kelly]

Originally posted by mike o'leary


he decided not to cuz he remembered that stealing isnt cool

i've said this to you before but, Amen Brutha!!