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jesselt (Offline)
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04-13-2009, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyororin View Post
I don`t recall saying that Japanese is at all easier to learn than English. What I did say, however, is that English is not easier than Japanese. If one were to follow the thinking of the quote which I was replying to - Japanese would end up being "easier". Is it? Of course not, which disproves the original quote.

The original bit I was replying to is about "native" speakers learning the language as children. (I put native in quotes, as they can hardly be considered such at the point where they are still acquiring language.) It would NOT be easier to learn English as a native language. Nor would it be more difficult.

I never said that you were saying that Japanese was easier >_>

I was just point out that "Because hiragana/katakana are ALWAYS pronounced in the same way. There is no need for worries about "spelling", silent letters, dropped consonants, blended sounds, etc etc etc that are oh so very common in English" isn't exactly true seeing as Hiragana isn't always pronounced the same way and there is a form of silent letters. Both languages are difficult in their own ways, but I was just showing that English doesn't have "just 26 letters" and Japanese isn't always spelling error free.
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