X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ef84650dd3e606e5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-06 03:31:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-was.dfn.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: "lastfuture (Peter Marquardt)" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: what is it? Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 12:29:14 +0200 Organization: T-Online Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <3bb7a117$0$219$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3bb9ad77$0$80799$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3bba5852$0$269$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3iblrtsmh3df29rsikmnbmtkitdtsvmim7@4ax.com> <1dtrrtkbdcehasbhnn4nabfmdptqt4u1ue@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1002364068 01 15580 YGA9SczbSZA2CH 011006 10:27:48 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 520084321266-0001@t-dialin.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8417 >I later learned French (at school) and Greek (by living there for two >years), and also some Japanese (from evening school, but since it was >only once a week, it wasn't as much as the other two languages). All of >the rest I taught myself, so I don't know enough of other languages to >be able to hold a real conversation in them. Konichi wa? Hehe cool :) yeah maybe you being rased belingually have a natural feeling for languages ..and Plattdeutsch (Niederdeutsch) is kind of the point where german and english meet each other water -> Water -> Wasser to break -> breken -> brechen that -> dat -> das day -> Dag -> Tag so it's definitely more clear to me now ;) >Cheers, >Philip