Re: USAGE: hate = jealous (was: Re: YAPT: Dutch ij and ui)

Quoting Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...>:

> Staving Andreas Johansson:
> >Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:
> >
> > > Roger Mills wrote:
> > >
> > > > It's amazing that languages are still taught that way.  It's how I
> > learned
> > > > Spanish back in the 50s. Although I was #1 in my Spanish classes, when
> I
> > > > stepped off the plane in Madrid I was utterly tongue-tied, and couldn't
> > > > understand a word of what people were saying. Spanish speakers have
> often
> > > > said that my spoken Span. is "bookish". (Though at the height of my
> > > fluency,
> > > > I was immensely flattered when someone asked what country I came
> from!?)
> > >
> > > All adult Icelanders were always praising my excellent Icelandic, but
> > > a little girl spoke the truth: _Af hverju talar hann eins og bók_
> > > "Why does he speak like a book?"
> >
> >Don't worry. I've been asked that _in Swedish_.
>
>
> Well, the Swedish-influenced form of Norwegian is "Bokmål".
>
> Pete
The point is, I'm a native speaker of Swedish.

                                                  Andreas