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“I understand the rules” is not the same as “is logical”. Many times I’ve heard someone claim “my native tongue is logical because this or that” and it’s fun w
by loloquwowndueo 3y ago
“I understand the rules” is not the same as “is logical”.
Many times I’ve heard someone claim “my native tongue is logical because this or that” and it’s fun when I demolish their logic with examples as to where that “logic” breaks down, most commonly with examples from many other languages, the takeaway being: human languages are not logical, you’re just rationalizing your years-long understanding of them as “logical”.
- codethief 3y ago> your years-long understanding It's not even understanding, it's more habitualization.
- aleph_minus_one 3y ago> Many times I’ve heard someone claim “my native tongue is logical because this or that” Often, people do confuse "logical" with "easy". For me, "logical" means "there are rather strict rules that you can and have to learn and apply". In this sense, I would say Russian and German are much more logical languages than English (and I know quite some people who learned one of these languages as second language who agree with my judgment), but learning (bad) English is likely easier than learning Russian or German (of course assuming that you don't already know a related language).