Re: Jovian's Verbs From Hell

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

>I disagree. Mnemonics are something you learn, not something innate that
>would
>differ from person to person. Good mnemonic rules will work for everyone
>the
>same, regarless of the native language of those persons, since good
>mnemonic
>rules depend only on the target language. Any mnemonic rule that involves
>the
>native language of people is useless. I'm talking of experience here.
Beg to differ. I learnt the difference 'tween German _nach Hause_ and _zu
Hause_ by the mnemonic that the longer German _nach Hause_ corresponds to
the shorter Swedish _hem_ and the shorter _zu Hause_ to the longer _hemma_.
(Actually, 'tworks in English too; short _home_ vs long _at home_, but
that's pure coincidence.)

                                                      Andreas

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