Guest, I don't know how old YOU are! My friend from the country is under 40. However, I don't want to get into what's "old" here. I think Uriel is closest to my age.
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I'm 45.
The love of language transcends age, I believe. If anything, I'm more obsessed about it now than I ever was in my 20s.
The love of language transcends age, I believe. If anything, I'm more obsessed about it now than I ever was in my 20s.
I'm 13 and and my love for languages transcends all my other hobbies!!!
I don't think you are old at all, Jasper, but I also misjudged your age. I also don't think Jim H. is "old". I only mentioned the age thing/issue because I thought people were asking about usage in relation to one's age. Like you, I am more interested in languages now than when I was in my teens and twenties, but I've always had an interest in languages because I hate it when I can't understand something.
I also disagree with some people who seem to think that people are too old to learn a language or improve their accent in English. It is simply not true from what I know. I know a man who learned Mandarin after the age of 50 and got a job interview in Hong Kong. I admit that this gentleman is an all-around genius and he already spoke three or four languages, but none of them were related to Chinese!
Recently I have seen two senior citizens and another lady from a Slavic countries learn to speak English after only three and a half months of classes. Their progress has been phenomenal. Two of them had the same teacher. The teacher didn't even go to college until she was forty. She is now...eighty-six and teaching in a community service program.
Wow!
I also disagree with some people who seem to think that people are too old to learn a language or improve their accent in English. It is simply not true from what I know. I know a man who learned Mandarin after the age of 50 and got a job interview in Hong Kong. I admit that this gentleman is an all-around genius and he already spoke three or four languages, but none of them were related to Chinese!
Recently I have seen two senior citizens and another lady from a Slavic countries learn to speak English after only three and a half months of classes. Their progress has been phenomenal. Two of them had the same teacher. The teacher didn't even go to college until she was forty. She is now...eighty-six and teaching in a community service program.
Wow!
<< Come to think of it, it's much EASIER to say "Dreamt" and "Ruint" and "Spelt"...That "ed" on the end is just so much effort... >>
Is it? "Dreamed", "ruined", and "spelled" come naturally for me, since they all end in voiced consonants. I don't find either set easier than the other.
Is it? "Dreamed", "ruined", and "spelled" come naturally for me, since they all end in voiced consonants. I don't find either set easier than the other.
Well, to me it's "slightly" easier to say. I was talking about tiny bits of effort and a little bit of humour (which was missed)...
I tend to say dreamed, ruined, and spelled, and I'm 35, American, non-Southerner. I might say dreamt once in a while, but I would never say ruint or spelt (except for the grain, as you say).
<<I'm American and I always use "dreamt," but the rest of my family uses "dreamed." Certain variants, though, like "whilst" or "spelt" are rarely used in the States.>>
I say spelled but i say misspelt.
I always say dreamed.
I say spelled but i say misspelt.
I always say dreamed.
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