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Re: English syllable structure

From:jogloran <exponent@...>
Date:Sunday, December 9, 2001, 11:58
joe hill wrotE:
<<
French? I hate french. There is no language less logical and more
complicated.  English is pretty bad too, fortunately, I speak it
anyway, so
it doesn't matter.  Old English is nice, very nice indeed.
>>
Yeah, I wouldn't like the actual process of learning French, though I think it sounds distinctive. I would actually learn Old English, but I doubt that any comprehensive "teach yourself" books are available. I remember browsing the Teach Yourself Sanskrit at a bookstore. It made it look impossible to learn due to the book's verbosity. Swedish also looks nice, it seems to have unexpected pronounciations for some of the letters, which adds spice to an orthography, although that fact doesn't count for English because I see it every day. :P Anyway, I'm not currently looking for a language to learn, I don't have much time for that, or actually revising my conlang. I'll find some time soon; school holidays have begun over here... Jogloran/imperative (bit of a nickname schizophrenia happening here :)