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03-05-2011, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by tipsygypsy View Post
both korean and mandarin sound greek to me.
That's interesting, as I have taught dozens of Korean high school students Japanese and they pick it up pretty quickly, much to the chagrin of their Chinese classmates that think knowing kanji gives them a real advantage to learning Japanese, and then they are surprised by all the different pronunciations for the same character.
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