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Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Saturday, December 8, 2001, 11:10
>From: Cheng Zhong Su <suchengzhong@...> >Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:42:49 +1100 > >Answer: The Australia linguist has discussed to find a >new word to separate the two meanings of 'doctor'. It >is what we discussed about ambiguities. The English >'doctor' translated into Chinese become two words, >while the bachelor for four words, the word 'uncle' or >'aunt' split into dozens words. In fact, in average >every English words was split into few Chinese >words.Or we may say English define meaning in sentence >while Chinese define meaning in words. Then how many >words does a Chinese speaker need to remember? Do they >need more learning than English speaker? No absolutely >not, they don't remember them all, they just remeber >few thousands characters, and compose all the words by >self. All the benefit come from 'tone' > Su Cheng Zhong >
Nyu hyeluweno ngon nlawlrul. Adam _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp