[TheForge] OT - The science of driving.

[Ralph E Douglass]

Andy Vida wrote:
> 
> Burch wrote:
> 
> > I note that she also is required to take driver training course (road
> > training) for a cost of about US$560.  She is being allowed to take the
> > written exam using a translator, but has to be able to understand all the
> > road signs.  (She is having a rough time learning Czech.)
> 
>         What's she doing there?
> 
>         As for Czech, I doubt it's any harder than Russian, the worst
>         of which is the pronunciation.  The grammar is pretty straight-
>         forward.  It takes a little  getting used to not having
>         coupling verbs.  EG, in english you ask "what IS this?".
>         In Russian, you say, literally, "what this?".  The connecting
>         verb is implied.  All in all, slavic languages are pretty
>         cool.
> 
>         If you want a ball bustingly hard language to learn then go
>         for either Hungarian or even worse yet, Basque.  Probably
>         the two most difficult languages on the planet.  
I think I might consider Finnish as one as well.

Ralph


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