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Originally Posted by screamingskull

to those board members whose 1st language was not english, is it hard to learn?

english is a piece of cake when it comes to grammar. pronounciation and spelling on the other hand can be a bitch.

explain the difference

wild
wilderness

wtf, i ask...

in spanish, what you see is what you get. only c and g change their sound (a, o, u -- e, i) , and the h is mute (ha) but those are small quirks. also, we have less vowels (vowel sounds, you see). so for us it's basically a-e-i-o-u that sound sorta like "ah" "eh" "ee" "oh" "uh" no matter where you put them. in english, the written vowels can indicate any number of sounds. nuts.

verb tenses however are much harder in french, spanish, etc. also, we use sentences with multiple clauses and long multisyllabic words that confuse the bejeezus out of english speakers.