English is too easy

The Hungarian government is suggesting that Hungarians should not study English because it is too easy.

As a native speaker of English, I disagree.  Its fluid syntax, muddled history (which continues to influence the language today), weird spelling, and many dialects makes it a tapestry of great complexity.  The Hungarians, however, have a language which uses many noun declensions, so it looks difficult to us, though English speakers have merely replaced declensions which prepositions which perform the same purpose.

See what you think; here is the link:  http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/08/20/hungarians-perplex-world-with-weird-language-policy/

linguistics in the classroom

Historical Linguistics, Miscellaneous