Re: English Centricity (or is it USA Centricity)

"Johannes Swartling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> "Harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > > As western languages go and using the roman alphabet, GERMAN is a
> > > superior language
> >
> > So we swap nightmareish to non existence pronunciation rules for
> > horrendously complicated grammar...........
> > No win situation.
> 
> Horrendously complicated for whom? English speakers? I'm sure there are many
> people in the world who find the English grammar as horrendously complicated
> as you find German.

No, I think English grammar rules are simpler than German. Russian is
more complicated than either.

> Grammar is just a matter of your perspective. The
> complication of pronunciation rules, on the other hand, are can be more
> objectively judged, depending on the diversity of different pronunciations
> for any given spelling.

Or different spellings for the same pronunciation, but with different
meanings? Chinese abounds in those, I understand.

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