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Ian (Australia)
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Date Posted: 00:37:24 01/24/05 Mon
In reply to: Kevin (U.S.) 's message, "languages" on 23:58:58 01/23/05 Sun

Only English and Portuguese to any serious level. I can read some German, the Portuguese gives me a certain degree of access to other neo-latin languages, and I studied a little Gaelic and Murrinh Patha at university, but that doesn't mean I can speak either of them.

I started learning Portuguese at 35, so I don't think you have any real basis for the "too old" argument just yet, Ed.

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Ed Harris (London)
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Date Posted: 00:45:42 01/24/05 Mon

Twenty-three in years, 108 in malevolent decrepitude, laddie.

And I mainly meant that people are more receptive to language-learning when they are infants: it's an altogether slower process thereafter, whether you are 20, 40, or 108.

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Author: Ed Harris (London) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 00:45:42 01/24/05 Mon Twenty-three in years, 108 in malevolent decrepitude, laddie. And I mainly meant that people are more receptive to language-learning when they are infants: it's an altogether slower process thereafter, whether you are 20, 40, or 108. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]