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French, because once I did begin learning and speaking it, I learned so much about English. It would have been good for me to have had both those learnings earlier.
To be sure, there is a lot of French influence in the English language.
And even more German.
To be sure, there is a lot of French influence in the English language.
And even more German.
Anglo-Saxon was a Germanic language, so English is classed in that family, but German itself has had very little effect. In a very real sense, 'English' can be considered the marriage of Anglo-Saxon and French, with lots of other languages (Swedish, Danish, Pict, Celtish) thrown in.
I have no motivation for injecting race into this. It is a no-brainer given your incessant posting on the topic coupled with your previously irrational denial of the obvious. At least you know when to quit.Yours is a dogmatic response to a situation where a country with a much smaller and mostly white population trumps a larger country with a huge "brown" population in almost every conceivable measure of global importance. Get over it.
Are you trying to inject race into this? What is your motivation for doing so?
You can relax, I already said Australia wouldn't have to worry as they rest easy in our shadow.
is certainly not among them.
I have no motivation for injecting race into this.Yours is a dogmatic response to a situation where a country with a much smaller and mostly white population trumps a larger country with a huge "brown" population in almost every conceivable measure of global importance. Get over it.
Are you trying to inject race into this? What is your motivation for doing so?
You can relax, I already said Australia wouldn't have to worry as they rest easy in our shadow.
Australia may have reasons for a strategic alliance with the US.
When you make statements like this and fabricate things like Indonesia's GDP being 40% larger than Australia's I fell compelled to interject. I had not intended to hijack this thread, yet, the reasons for your feeble defense of the quote was entirely transparent. Politics, dogma and race should not have entered this thread, but there you go.Why not? It is the language of a much larger, stronger, more important country very near your own.
I don't think languages should be compulsory for Americans, except for English. On a continent where you can drive 5,000 miles and never meet anyone who speaks anything other than English, it's not practical for most people to learn another language.
What language do you wish you had been taught from a very early age? I mean really taught (or even immersed in), not the half-assed introduction students get in public school to Spanish or French.
English.
Grew up elsewhere.
fabricate things like Indonesia's GDP being 40% larger than Australia's
is a small wonder that others have a low opinion of you and your contributions.
fabricate things like Indonesia's GDP being 40% larger than Australia's
Australia's GDP: $674,600,000,000.00
Indonesia's GDP: $948,300,000,000.00
[ You understand my hesitation to take your word on the matter I trust? Especially so given the tremendous discrepancy.
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(2006)versus UN, IMF and World Bank (2010 - 2011) I guess:
Actually, French and all the Germanic languages would be better than Latin for that purpose. Latin could give you a better grasp of English etymology, as would Greek.To have a better understanding of the English language, you cannot beat Latin. But to converse in the future society it will be Spanish.
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This sells Latin programs. Through Latin, test takers can guess at the meanings of new words because they already know the roots and prefixes. But it's not just enhanced vocabulary. Math scores also increase.
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I think we agree.
