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<p>[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 9986934, member: 86775"]I was doing a little research on languages when I met my wife, there are high level and low level languages and English is a high level language, Chinese is low level not an insult to Chinese just the opposite but it was pissing off my wife until I explained the context of the words. English has fewer words because of the more easily understood contex, Chinese language seems to require long explanations to establish a context but is more precise making it difficult for my wife to translate for me I guess it is very difficult to switch back and forth and still understand and follow a conversation unless like my daughter learning both at a young age she has no issues where words in English exist to convey the same meaning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 9986934, member: 86775"]I was doing a little research on languages when I met my wife, there are high level and low level languages and English is a high level language, Chinese is low level not an insult to Chinese just the opposite but it was pissing off my wife until I explained the context of the words. English has fewer words because of the more easily understood contex, Chinese language seems to require long explanations to establish a context but is more precise making it difficult for my wife to translate for me I guess it is very difficult to switch back and forth and still understand and follow a conversation unless like my daughter learning both at a young age she has no issues where words in English exist to convey the same meaning.[/QUOTE]
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