Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AK>  In English there are lots of similar sounding words
 AK>  and word combinations.


          Yes, and for exactly that reason many jokes in English are puns.  :-)



 AK>  I suspect that a person should point his finger at,
 AK>  before saying "gimme your knaki" ;=)


          In such direct encounters we rely heavily on gestures & body language
 at times, as you say.  In written communication we may use different
spellings. But it does help when people get to know one another too....  :-)



 AH>  Dallas & I are often asked

 AK>  "Dallas & I" == "Dallas & me"?


          Passive voice:

                I am often asked (something).
                He is often asked (something).
                We are often asked (something).


          Active voice:

                People often ask me (something).
                People often ask him (something).
                People often ask us (something).



 AK>  Another story maybe is with the French speaking
 AK>  Canadians.  I know that when a French says "heating
 AK>  system" he says "eating system".  ;-)


          In English we have a few limited choices WRT the initial /h/.  We can
 say "a historic event" or "an historic event"... and the enunciation of the
/h/ in "herb" is optional.  At a quick glance through my French/English
dictionary, which says it includes Canadian usage, I found several pages of
words beginning with the letter "h"... but it seems "h" is what Anglophones
would refer to as a "silent letter" in French.  A person whose native language
is French may forget to say it aloud in English or have difficulty learning to
pronounce it....  :-)



 AK>  Well, talking is a process when at least two person
 AK>  speak. ;-)


          Unless, of course, a person is thinking aloud & doesn't expect anyone
 else to answer.  When I do this I often say I'm talking to myself.  :-))




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