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
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