Re: Hardest to learn between Russian and Irish

From: Des Small (des.small_at_bristol.ac.uk)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:49:58 GMT

omega <omega@no-log.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I discovered these two languages recently and they both sound marvelous
> to me. I would like to learn at least one of the two, but I can't choose.
>
> So I think the best to do is to start by the simplest.

Notwithstanding the various hilarious shitstorms that such notions of
comparative complexity of langwidges has been causing, I don't.

In my opinion and experience the most important factor by far is the
availability of substantial doses of tuition, learning materials and
exposure to the langwidge in written and oral forms.

I'm currently learning German after studying Swedish for ages and
there's just no comparison in terms of the materials at my disposal,
even in the age of the Interweb, and I can only assume that Russian
v. Irish would be the same only more so.

Des
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