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In response to "see but then learning Spanish...it's phonetic...things are spelled like they sound! -- nm" by SyrDragon

I don't know so much about Spanish, but one of the huge advantages of English is that it's easy to speak it poorly and still be understood.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jan 19 '10, 12:14

in French and Spanish, you have to get your genders right or you could say something completely different from what you meant. In English, that's not an issue at all.

There are people all over the world who know just a little bit of English and can get surprisingly far with what little they know.

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but see change your 'l' sounds and 'r' sounds (as most chinese speakers do) and you get "Today is erection day!" -- nm - SyrDragon Jan 19, 12:29
also word order is much more flexible in English. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 12:24 4
- in German it sounds funny if descriptors don't follow in order of time-manner-place so they say stuff like "I went yesterday by car to the store" even - zork Jan 19, 12:30
- hmmm, I think it's the opposite, actually. English ditched word endings for simplicity, and word order is king. - loosilu Jan 19, 12:27 2
  - but you can construct a sentence with many different word orders. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 12:29 1
    - I did not know this - Roger More Jan 19, 12:33
You can speak Spanish poorly and still be understood. You just get laughed at, whereas in America, you might get elected President. -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 12:20 2
- I saw W on TV for the first time since he left office this Sunday. - Mel Profit Jan 19, 12:27 1
  - this made me think, it's pretty surprising more world leaders don't die in office. - Andie Jan 19, 12:29

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I don't know so much about Spanish, but one of the huge advantages of English is that it's easy to speak it poorly and still be understood.

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