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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 981929)

Well, they do say that English is the hardest language to learn, and this is probably mainly why. All this trial and error and exceptions to rules. Once you start learning other languages, you tend to find that they make much more structural sense than English.

Funnily enough, I've heard the same thing about swedish. There are a lot of grammatical inconsistencies in there as well, like irregular verbs and bending of adjectives depending on the nature of the noun it refers to, as well as if it's singular or plural.

For instance, it would in english be akin to have one spelling of 'yellow' if it referred to an apple, but a slightly different one (like 'yellowy' or whatever) if it referred to a car, and yet another one (like 'yellows' or whatever) if it referred to several cars.

Typing in swedish would probably not make much sense but anyway, this is what it looks like:

- Ett gult äpple
- En gul bil
- Flera gula bilar

I've actually heard that Arabic is the hardest language to learn, but I guess "hardest to learn" is a pretty subjective thing.

Of the three I've attempted learning, I found Japanese the easiest. This was mind you, with very little kanji involved at my level, working mostly in the hirigana and katakana alphabets.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 978867)

Yikes! I don't think I'd like summers in Adelaide. Is it at least pretty dry?

Adelaide is the driest city in the driest state in the driest country on the driest continent in the world. Yeah pretty dry in summer 4% humidity isn't uncommon.

Anybody have an opinion on where the best place to stay is in Rome?

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Originally Posted by Antonio (Post 822800)

What, if any, American bands do the British like?

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For all you English people: What's the site of the main public transport company? Like, who's responsible for the trains? How often do trains run from London to Manchester?

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 978634)

Hey Australians, what's your country like in the winter? Does it get cold or is it just mild? Is there any part of the country where it snows?

On the flip side, what's typically the hottest month of the year there? January?

In Victoria we also get 47 degree days in the middle of February. BUT we also get snow on some of our mountain ranges. Because we are so far away from the equator in Victoria, our weather is very eclectic (i.e. extremely hot summers but very cold winters) whereas parts of Australia that are closer to the equator (e.g. Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales) have more persistent weather where it is generally quite hot all year around.

Because Australia is so large our weather varies greatly from state to state. So, I'm from Victoria (the southernmost state on the mainland) and yes it gets quite cold it winter. However it only snows on the mountain ranges, not in areas of main population.

Our summers however, are very hot. The hottest month would probably be February. But while we do get 40-45 degree C days in summer, it's usually just a one-off thing and while it might be very hot one day, a cool change will come and it will be quite cool the next day. It's very typical of Melbourne, Victoria to have bi-polar weather!

But overall I think Melbourne has the most temperate weather in Australia and I think it would be quite pleasant for most foreigners. It's nice and warm in summer (but MOST of the time not TOO hot) and it's cold in winter but not as cold as the snowy weather you guys endure overseas.

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Originally Posted by Batty (Post 982065)

Adelaide is the driest city in the driest state in the driest country on the driest continent in the world. Yeah pretty dry in summer 4% humidity isn't uncommon.

The driest continent in the world is actually Antarctica ;)

Autumn and Spring are great times to visit.

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Originally Posted by Lateralus (Post 990909)

OK driest normally inhabited continent