Re: Essential Swedish?

Philippe Caquant wrote:

>--- Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...>
>wrote:
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>
>>French is essentially a language that elides
>>everything that doesn't get
>>out of the way fast enough, and nasalises everything
>>else.
>>
>>
>
>That was an excellent definition !
>
>
>
>>English is essentially the language of people who
>>think that everybody else
>>speaks their language. French is essentially the
>>language of people who
>>think that everybody else should speak theirs.
>>
>>
>
>I'd rather say 'American' instead of English. Some
>English people cross over to the continent sometimes,
>and they notice that there exist people speaking
>different languages. I think they tell it to their
>friends and relatives when they come home. Americans
>don't even notice it.
>
>
Yes, we(the English) have a good hearty laugh when we come back from the
continent about how the French speak some heathen lingo;-)

As far as I know, we try our best to speak a very broken French that we
remember from school.  It's not generally very good, and tends to be
thorougly mixed with any other language we've learnt.    But you have to
be tolerant with us backwards English folks.

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