andrew wrote:
>
> Am 11/23 08:35 Grandsire, C.A. yscrifef:
>
> > Oh I see! Amazing this parallelism. I remember that my first interest
> > in languages arose when I tried to read the list of ingredients on food
> > boxes and the notices in other languages than French and trying to
> > compare (I still do!). Or maybe it was just a symptom that I was already
> > interested in languages :) .
> >
> Done that too. Have you noticed that they are not quite inter-linear?
> Just a slight difference in the structure of other languages.
>
Of course! I used generally the numbers to have points of reference and
I was always interested in the fact that often they had different
relative places. I think that partly rose my interest in languages :) .
> - andrew.
> --
> Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
>
> "Death is an evil; the gods have so judged it;
> had it been good, they would die."
> - Sappho of Lesbos.
--
Christophe Grandsire
Philips Research Laboratories -- Building WB 145
Prof. Holstlaan 4
5656 AA Eindhoven
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-40-27-45006
E-mail: grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com