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Post by Neo Rasa on Jun 29, 2006 0:54:28 GMT -5
Apparently Mississippi is an Indian word Well yeah, the same goes for the a very large number of place/landmark names on the east coast and the near west. Hopatcong (originally the name of just the lake in the area?) among them.
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Post by uncle5555 on Jun 29, 2006 3:57:40 GMT -5
So, help me learn a bit more about English 'grammer'. My first language is Spanish, but I learned English from TV, game magazines and games. What impresses me sometimes is how many native English speakers make the same mistake over and over again (their, they're, were, where, etc.) and I've never gotten confused about it. I'm aware of the difference, but I type really fast, so sometimes my brain misfires and I type in the wrong one, since they're pronounced the same. My excuse is just lazyness. But I've been trying to break myself of using unnecessary ('s ) in words. Since they don't need the (is ) after the word (Ex. Its vs. It's) Don't worry Rey after 29 years I'm still working the kinks out of the specifics, I can't imagine how it would be to learn perfect grammar in a secondary language. And what's the deal with double consonant words? Mississippi? aPPle? Why do they do that? It doesn't serve any purpose whatsoever to have double consonants in words. At least in Spanish when you use double consonants (which is only done with the L and C) it actually sounds different. Saying LLave (key) sounds different than saying Lave (washed). But in English there are tons of double consonants words that don't mean jack and only serve to confuse people, even their own native speakers. You have to remember some of those were originally Indian words, so their spelling is going to be indicitive of their origin more than anything else, something that alot of strangely spelled English words do, even though it would make sense to spell them differently.
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Post by ReyVGM on Jul 1, 2006 0:08:12 GMT -5
"Reyvgm you have a lot of knowledge, don't be a afraid to write a sentance because you're not sure of the structure. Just write it, post it up here and I'll edit it for you." Thanks neo, I'll see what I can cook up in the future
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