Re: The pitfall of Chinese/Mandarin

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Frank George Valoczy wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > I can attest that my dad, a native Korean speaker who has been "fluent" in
> > English for many years and has almost no discernible accent, *still*
> > sometimes refers to me and my sister as "he" by accident.  <G>  He'll also
> > otherwise confuse "he" and she," "him" and "her."  I have other Korean
> > relatives who make the same mistake occasionally when they attempt English.
> >
>
> Hungarian speakers do that too; even I, who grew up in Canada with English
> all around, still occasionally mix up he and she.
Even I, a native English speaker who has never spoken a language without
he/she/it, mucks them up, as well as brother and sister (so I normally
fall back on `sibling')...

Tristan

anstouh@yahoo.com.au

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