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Hi Forbes Thank you for your long reply. I do appreciate it. I would just like to say that I my opinion is based on the knowledge I have of the Germanic and Romance languages and it is of course very subjective. I fully understand that not everyone agrees with me and what I consider easy may be...

Hi Kooyeen There is nothing to forgive! I am certainly not in the least offended by your post. In fact, I enjoyed reading it tremendously! I even agree with you to some extent on some of the points you made. I am the first person to admit that my knowledge of English isn't as good as that of a...

Yes, I agree, but a native speaker's command of his language is usually superior to that of those who have not lived in total immersion. It is practically impossible to master a language if you are not in constant contact with those who speak it - and mould it unwittingly - all the time. As far...

This doesn't have a very straight-forward answer. I think that 99.5% of the time, there is no problem understanding meaning. Most of the difference come in pronunciation (and there are wide difference within each of the countries as well), in vocabulary, spelling, and idiom. A vocabulary...

Howdy This is the article I've written a while ago. I hope that it can be interesting for someone. This is one of my first attempts to bring all my thoughts together. "A language is a living substance, which evolves under the influence of different factors. Being very flexible English...

Nona The Brit wrote: And teacher Brian...what do people in Scotland, Wales and Ireland speak? That is exactly the point I am making! By simply using the expression 'native speaker of English' the jod advert was not clear. One of my students had been speaking Chinese-English for many...

>> Thanks Pemmican for your well thought out comments. You strike me as a diligent language scholar, so I greatly appreciate what you have to say. Thank you very much, Mike, but I wouldn't say I strike you This is just the way I see it. >> Of course only a fool would argue that the...