tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726301007480663156.post7483733963301651107..comments2024-03-26T23:22:35.578-04:00Comments on Em-Musing: FOREIGN DOTSKaren Baldwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522178275164058849noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726301007480663156.post-88129157255176396582012-11-08T22:38:57.804-05:002012-11-08T22:38:57.804-05:00I love that you try to find the links (however dis...I love that you try to find the links (however disparate they may be) between the two languages. It's fun, no?Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726301007480663156.post-22428762840371620292012-11-08T19:30:15.558-05:002012-11-08T19:30:15.558-05:00In my bucket list is taking the Rosetta Stone chal...In my bucket list is taking the Rosetta Stone challenge and learning another language. But I was horrible at German in high school. I couldn't master stenography because I tried to connect the dots.Shay Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381320232580591156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726301007480663156.post-8413367284492488842012-11-08T09:25:52.970-05:002012-11-08T09:25:52.970-05:00I read your title as foreign idiots ... whoops. :-...I read your title as foreign idiots ... whoops. :-)<br /><br />I can teach English as a second language really well, but I can't learn a second language very easily, which is probably very weird.Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726301007480663156.post-21297764969851258242012-11-08T09:08:19.000-05:002012-11-08T09:08:19.000-05:00Ha! I like changing words to make it easier.Ha! I like changing words to make it easier.Karen Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522178275164058849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726301007480663156.post-20462882755183563132012-11-08T09:03:13.915-05:002012-11-08T09:03:13.915-05:00In Japanese, there are a lot of borrowed English. ...In Japanese, there are a lot of borrowed English. Except the pronoucnation does change for their benefit. In english, we had a lot of borrowed words and we still spell them like where we go them from. If an English word isn't easy to say, then they change it a good bit until it does. Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051255914419363819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726301007480663156.post-61601479216519104362012-11-08T06:40:23.073-05:002012-11-08T06:40:23.073-05:00That makes sense. That's why kids are sponges ...That makes sense. That's why kids are sponges when it comes to information. And yes, as a child, I could speak Japanese fluently and even better than English because I lived there for several years. I still remember a few words, but haven't spoken it in over forty years.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com