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Re:Bing doesn't support SSL by timthelion on Friday April 19, 2013 @08:38AM (#5576274)
I couldn't find something on google, so I decided to give it a try. Can't hurt. I wanted to find out if anyone has done a study on language confusion(the effect where Russians have a hard time getting good at Polish because they confuse Polish words with Russian ones). Still can't find it ;)
Re:Bing doesn't support SSL by mcherm on Friday April 19, 2013 @08:44AM (#5576309)
Try asking on http://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/ -- those guys are pretty sharp about this kind of thing. (Assuming that reddit isn't down due to DOS attack.)
Re:Bing doesn't support SSL by tszyn on Friday April 19, 2013 @09:04AM (#5576379)
Try googling / binging "L1 interference".
Re:Bing doesn't support SSL by timthelion on Friday April 19, 2013 @09:06AM (#5576390)
Thanks!
Re:Bing doesn't support SSL by zalew on Friday April 19, 2013 @09:28AM (#5576499)
I know about funny word differences, but we have no problems learning russian, why russians would have problems learning polish?

this is my favorite http://translate.google.com/#ru/pl/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%... (in polish it sounds like 'caviar in a can')

Re:Bing doesn't support SSL by timthelion on Friday April 19, 2013 @09:58AM (#5576643)
Well, I know neither Polish nor Russian, but here in Prague I know a lot of Russians that never learn to say the word dobrý. They say dobry(short y) instead, which exists in Russian. They never learn to say it long, even when you point it out to them.
Re:Bing doesn't support SSL by zalew on Friday April 19, 2013 @10:16AM (#5576733)
oh, I get it.

we also share a lot of funny misunderstandings with czech. čerstvý chléb is zatuchlý chléb in polish, imagine being there for the first time and seeing grocery stores advertising old bread :D