Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h6E5a7C14724; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:36:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:36:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <004301c349e2$13892f20$17265544@ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Ujwala Samant" <usamant@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9164] Re: hello X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Status: O Content-Length: 1123 Lines: 23 Hi Pamela, I took living in a multilingual environment for granted and *really* appreciated it after I left India. The vast phonetic base that the various Indian languages have, have gone a long way in developing my ear for different phonemes. Being in a new country or culture does not faze me because I know that soon enough the patterns and links will form. However, if I don't use the specific language for long periods of time, it gets shoved into some drawer in the old cranium and lies there semi-forgotten and gives rise to tremendous frustration when I hear it, and recognise the sounds, but can't negotiate it with the same fluency, fluidity and ease. At the centre where we do research, there is this amazing woman who speaks Farsi, Pushtu, Urdu, Hindi, English, Dari and thinks that because she does not speak English with the fluency and ease (and an American accent) that she does the others, she is not educated enough!!!! One thing about this listserv that I enjoy is one never knows where a conversation will take us: from censorship, to bidets to political correctness...... <G> regards Ujwala Samant
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