Re: CHAT: An introduction

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From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>


> >No, really, French is tough for outsiders to learn.  I had
> >the huge advantage of mnemonic assistance from my contact
> >with French as a child, and still found it terribly difficult.
>
> I still fail to see the difficulties. If I've been able to learn and speak
> this language fluently, anyone can ;))) (I know how cheesy this comment
is.
> But the nice thing is that people usually can't find a good reply to it,
> and it applies to any language your L1 is ;))) ).
The real question is how you managed to learn and speak English so fluently.
I think English has to be one of the harder languages.  If you can do that,
then someone else can learn to speak French.  Alas that my days in Geneva
were so short.
:)


Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."

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