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thwr

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.

scottalanmiller

@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.

JaredBusch

@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

thwr

@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.

scottalanmiller

@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.

thwr

@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).

hobbit666

Watching a presentation on Dell PowerEdge FX2 stuff - no idea why just am

hobbit666

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.

nadnerB

@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