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It depends on what language you already know. I've heard for English speakers, Mandarin Chinese is the most difficult because it is so dissimilar to English. Languages that are the most similar to your own will be easier than languages that are dissimilar. Languages that don't use a version the English alphabet seems extremely difficult to me.
0 votedJune 21, 20130The sustainability of a culture or society requires a fertility rate of 2.11. This means each couple on average must have 2.11 children or 2 children with every tenth couple having 3 childrens. Almost all of Europe has a fertility rate much smaller than that, around 1.5. This means the European civiization will become extinct within the century.
The Total Fertility rate of the planet is 2.36. The only region of the world that exceeds a fertlity rate of 2.11 is Sub Saharan Africa, which also experiences a higher the average mortality rate.
With Current fertility rates, many cultures and ethnicities will cease to exist in the next 100 years.
So No, I have absolutely no concerns about overpopulation. I'm concerned that we have culturallly evolved in ways that will cause our own extinction.
Here is a website that gives global statistic on Total Fertility Rates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate
Here is a webpage that talks about concerns of global population sustainability
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/561
0 votedJune 21, 20130- "Break Her Fall," Ninghai, Zhejiang Province
In English we have an expression we use when talking about interfering with a 'free fall' event.
The definition of free fall is <em>the fall of a body such that gravity is the only force acting upon it</em>.I just saw a video, filmed in Ninghai, Zhejiang Province, of a two and a half year old little girl who fell from a 5 story window. In the video, 5 men on the ground 'break her fall.' Because of the actions of these men, the little girl appears to have suffered only minor injuries.
"They broke her fall," is past tense.
"They break her fall," is present tense.
"They will break her fall," is future tense.Do you have a different expression of this event in your language?
Here is a link to the video I watched.June 21, 201300 - Examples of Poor Grammar That are Commonly Used by the Well-Spoken. In America, normalcy is used far more often the normality, but 'abnormalcy' isn't a word. I also hear 'irregardless' a lot. Do you know of any other words with a spotty past that have become standard or are in regular use without notice? What is your linguistic pet peeve?June 16, 2013150
- Jmat said, "People consider it a sign that a person is uneducated." Unless you are south of the Mason/Dixon line of the U.S. 'Ain't' is slang. In southern states, 'ain't' is used as an emphatic expression, "I ain't going wash the dishes" or " She ain't pretty at all." On the northeast coast or the west coast, 'ain't' is considered uneducated because it is commonly used in southern states. These coastal regions are bigoted or hateful toward people from southern states. Thus, anything common in southern states is viewed negatively in the east or west coast regions.0 votedJune 16, 20135
- These are all prepositions. They show the relative location of one object to another. If you want them used specifically with the word 'here,' here is the following: "I'm writing on here." (paper) "It's getting hot in here." (inside a room) "Don't put your junk over here. Keep your junk over there." Over kind of represent one spot of ground versus another spot on the ground. Do you have a specific example of a sentence that confused you?0 votedJune 16, 20133
