As a westerner, I've never really thought about how complicated English is as a language. Its rather odd that it is basically the global language. When I was learning Russian, it was rather difficult as well but I wouldn't say it was as complicated as English. The only other missionaries that stayed in the MTC as long as we did were those going to asian countries. I'm posting a couple of videos here today that might argue that Chinese is easier than English to understand and learn. Whereas English is so complicated with its rules that it establishes and then blatently violates or with double meanings or double spellings for the same word, Chinese seems well......Chineasy (sorry, couldn't resist) Enjoy!
English is Dumb - http://biggeekdad.com/2012/02/english-spelling-lesson/
Chinese is Chineasy - http://www.ted.com/talks/shaolan_learn_to_read_chinese_with_ease.html
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Random Thought #141
I saw this short TED-Ed video and thought it was quite fascinating, especially when I looked up this guy's YouTube channels. These are the kinds of things I think about all the time. The questions that nobody really asks or thinks about but are intriguing nonetheless. Here is just a snippet that calculates how much a digital video weighs. http://www.ted.com/talks/how_much_does_a_video_weigh.html. I've added this guy's YouTube channels on the right-hand side in case any of you are curious.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)