From: Adam Flinton 

Antti Kurenniemi wrote:

> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:41431932$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>It gets easier, but never easy.
>>
>>There is a phenomenal amount of brain activity needed to learn a language.
>>It isn't just the sheer memorization of new words (tough enough as a
>>standalone exercise) or the new alphabet -- it's the structure of the
>>language (and it doesn't matter which langauge) which is intellectually
>>the
>>most challenging, draining and, eventually, rewarding.
>>
>>Half of me wishes I could be there learning, too.  Half of me is glad that
>>it's you.
>>
>>Incidentally, I've been told that the third and fourth languages are (as
>>long as they are _somewhat_ related) much easier to pick up because the
>>mind
>>has learned how to learn a language.
>
>
> They are. After learning English as a kid, then Swedish at school and later
> German at nightschool, I took on Thai very easily (friend's wife is from
> Thailand and they speak Thai with each other). One problem is, that if you
> don't use the languages you tend to forget - words, mostly. I don't know if
> I'd manage myself in German anymore. Probably not.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
>
Yeah but you start with an advantage.....after Finnish any other language
is simple (except Dutch).

Adam

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