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    • KellyK
      Kelly @MattSpeller
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      @MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

      @Kelly said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

      @scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

      @JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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      @thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

      Yepp, but quite hard. It's said to be one of the hardest languages at all, only topped by Chinese, Japanese and other Asian and some African languages.

      US State Department still ranks German in the "easy" language category for English speakers. Only the Nordic and Romantic languages are easier. It's got a special category for "not the easiest, but almost". The Nordics and Romantics are Cat 1 (easiest) and German is alone in Cat 2 (nearly as easy.) Then come the Slavic and other languages. Japanese is listed as the hardest.

      Where is Chinese on that list?

      Japanese is a very phonetic language. This makes it very easy to pickup the sounds. This also makes it very easy to learn to pronounce things once you learn the Hiragana (and the sound for each one). Getting into sentence structure sucks balls though. I have yet to make it to this stage and i hear Japanese daily.

      If I remember correctly, Chinese and Korean and Vietnamese were all one step above Japanese. Japanese was alone as the hardest language and German was alone as the "one step harder than the easiest group" but most other "levels" were full of similar languages.

      It seems strange to me that Japanese would be the hardest. I didn't study it a great deal, but I found it much easier than Chinese.

      Should have done simplified chinese
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      yeah that was a joke 🙂

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      • nadnerBN
        nadnerB
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        I thought Icelandic was the hardest language to learn... ah well, it's good to learn another language regardless of how hard it is. Give the grey matter something else to do 😛

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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          @nadnerB said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

          I thought Icelandic was the hardest language to learn... ah well, it's good to learn another language regardless of how hard it is. Give the grey matter something else to do 😛

          Icelandic is supposed to be nearly the easiest and is the closest to old English.

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          • thwrT
            thwr
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            I should have said "to master" and not "to learn" earlier. Learning the basics of a language seems to be quite easy in most cases. Mastering on the other hand is a whole different story.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @thwr
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              @thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

              I should have said "to master" and not "to learn" earlier. Learning the basics of a language seems to be quite easy in most cases. Mastering on the other hand is a whole different story.

              Few things compare to English, then. The rules are complex and deep and the vocabulary is enormous.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                @thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                I should have said "to master" and not "to learn" earlier. Learning the basics of a language seems to be quite easy in most cases. Mastering on the other hand is a whole different story.

                Few things compare to English, then. The rules are complex and deep and the vocabulary is enormous.

                Every ESL speaker I know tells me that English is stupid damned hard as a second language

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                • thwrT
                  thwr @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                  @thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                  I should have said "to master" and not "to learn" earlier. Learning the basics of a language seems to be quite easy in most cases. Mastering on the other hand is a whole different story.

                  Few things compare to English, then. The rules are complex and deep and the vocabulary is enormous.

                  And that was my point about the German language. It's easy enough to learn the (very) basics, but we got language constructs the English language doesn't have, like the accusative case.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                    @JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                    @thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                    I should have said "to master" and not "to learn" earlier. Learning the basics of a language seems to be quite easy in most cases. Mastering on the other hand is a whole different story.

                    Few things compare to English, then. The rules are complex and deep and the vocabulary is enormous.

                    Every ESL speaker I know tells me that English is stupid damned hard as a second language

                    Definitely. The only big benefits that it has to ESL speakers is the huge volume and easy access to television, movies, YouTube, forums and more in English. Pretty much anyone can easily find English language material to watch, listen to and read almost anywhere. Finding Romanian television, even in Romania, is hard, for example.

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                    • thwrT
                      thwr @JaredBusch
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                      @JaredBusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                      @thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                      I should have said "to master" and not "to learn" earlier. Learning the basics of a language seems to be quite easy in most cases. Mastering on the other hand is a whole different story.

                      Few things compare to English, then. The rules are complex and deep and the vocabulary is enormous.

                      Every ESL speaker I know tells me that English is stupid damned hard as a second language

                      It is. I do speak German, English, French, a little Spanish and a very little Dutch and Danish. People tend to say English is easy, but it isn't. Weird sentence structure, weird time forms (-> didn't take vs. didn't took for example).

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                      • hobbit666H
                        hobbit666
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                        Watching a presentation on Dell PowerEdge FX2 stuff - no idea why just am 😄

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                        • hobbit666H
                          hobbit666
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                          Well I've done it - Just ordered a EdgeRouter X and a AC Lite for the home. Along with a Draytek 130VDSL modem.

                          Now to play where to put the AP in the house.

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                          • nadnerBN
                            nadnerB @hobbit666
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                            @hobbit666 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                            Well I've done it - Just ordered a EdgeRouter X and a AC Lite for the home. Along with a Draytek 130VDSL modem.

                            Now to play where to put the AP in the house.

                            Let me know how it goes. I'm looking at a similar set up for the long way off future

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              Youtube Video

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                              • hobbit666H
                                hobbit666
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                                first time I've seen this :-
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                                • dafyreD
                                  dafyre @hobbit666
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                                  @hobbit666 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                                  first time I've seen this :-
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                                  It seems to be randomly happening for some folks. I've not seen it yet, myself.

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                                  • coliverC
                                    coliver @hobbit666
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                                    @hobbit666 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                                    first time I've seen this :-
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                                    I was getting this all last night when I tried to login.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      That's very odd. Have not seen it here in weeks and only then on a known restart when it should be expected.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Load was quite high yesterday, though. Near record levels.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          Actually just looked, we ARE at an all time high right now.

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

                                            Actually just looked, we ARE at an all time high right now.

                                            giggity!

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