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Wolfgang Schwanke wrote: Interlingua, at the cost of being deliberately pro Romance biased, achieves extreme ease of understanding for millions of people without prior learing. For speakers of Romance languages, perhaps. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |
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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:07:44 +0100, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in post :
: Interlingua, at the cost of being deliberately pro Romance biased, achieves extreme ease of understanding for millions of people without prior learing. As I said, I had a hard time understanding the paragraph you posted, and just gave up on most of the words. As Erilar said, it might be easy for people with a romance-language under their belt, but I bet a lot of Chinese would struggle. -- Tim C. |
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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:59:44 -0600, erilar wrote in post :
: This can happen to two native English speakers from opposite sides of the pond, too 8-) Pants, pavement, fag..... -- Tim C. |
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On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:52:19 +0100, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in post :
: But that is better than nothing at all. Has anyone actually tried going to a rural village in Spain and starting up a conversation with the lady behind the vegetable stand in Interlingua? (or any other one). Would she really understand what you were saying? -- Tim C. |
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On 24 Feb, 07:46, "Tim C." wrote:
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:59:44 -0600, erilar wrote in post : : This can happen to two native English speakers from opposite sides of the pond, too 8-) Pants, pavement, fag..... -- Tim C. * Homely, ass ............ Surreyman |
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Cathy L wrote:
We will be taking another trip to Europe in May. I would love to get some "tips" on how to make the trip more enjoyable. In the past, when I have asked for help, I received more stupid answers than helpful. I don't mind some whimsical banter as long as some helpful things come with it. If I truly upset too many people with my posts, please tell me. Even better, does anyone know of other sites where I can receive help? Cathy L How did you do it in the past? Did you get any "tips" before your previous trip to Europe besides stupid answers? Tee |
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There are plenty of tourism sites on the internet, sometimes with interactive maps of city centers with info about sites of interest in the area. Of course, you need to decide which cities you're going to be in long enough to make it worth taking notes. Thanks |
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On 2010-02-17 13:12:10 -0600, Cathy L said:
We will be taking another trip to Europe in May. I would love to get some "tips" on how to make the trip more enjoyable. In the past, when I have asked for help, I received more stupid answers than helpful. I don't mind some whimsical banter as long as some helpful things come with it. If I truly upset too many people with my posts, please tell me. Even better, does anyone know of other sites where I can receive help? Cathy L Gee that's pretty self-skeptical. I'm willing to help. The key to getting good advice here, is to be specific with what you want out of your trip. Lonely Planet has a good site for browsing... but frankly, wikipedia is your best source. There is so much information on so many topics, it is a great way to do self-research. -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda/Home_Page/Index.html Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2010-02-17 13:12:10 -0600, Cathy L said: We will be taking another trip to Europe in May. I would love to get some "tips" on how to make the trip more enjoyable. In the past, when I have asked for help, I received more stupid answers than helpful. I don't mind some whimsical banter as long as some helpful things come with it. If I truly upset too many people with my posts, please tell me. Even better, does anyone know of other sites where I can receive help? Cathy L Gee that's pretty self-skeptical. And entirely disingenuous- she gets helpful replies when she posts specifically (as you suggested.) Most recently that I noticed in March last year (about wifi.) -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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