Paula...
And to find the right Spanish word I sometimes think more formally in
English...

English has two main root languages, Latin and Anglo-Saxon, with the
shorter, harsher sounding words usually coming from the latter, most
of our curse words for the most extreme example.

En este moment estoy escuchando a Maná, Ricardo Arjona y más...
Aprendo mucho de español por eso...
Marti


On Apr 4, 2007, at 10:32 AM, Paula wrote:

> Marti, now you've said "obfuscate" I remembered something I learned
> through the years (and then studied):
>
> The more formal you get in English, the more likely you are to find
> words of Latin roots (which are easier for us to understand). This
> has to do with the influence Latin had on English during the times
> when the Roman Empire was in the British Islands.
>
> I've always found it interesting that texts that should be more
> difficult where easier for me to understand because the words
> sounded much more like Spanish.
>
> Paula
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Marti Ottinger <martiottinger@...>
> To: Espanol-Ingles@...
> Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 8:32:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Es-En] Ayuda con texto de inglés
>
> Valentina and Ignacio...
>
> If it helps any, this kind of technical writing is hard for an
> educated English speaker to understand. It seems every discipline
> (field of study or interest) must have its own jargon in order to
> confuse (a better word might be "obfuscate") the actual meaning of
> the writing to anyone outside that discipline. The social scientists
> and economists are some of the worst, following closely on the heels
> of lawyers and politicians.
>
> I am sure somewhere these terms are defined as they relate to the
> subject of the material, but where I have not idea.
>
> By the way, the word "core" shares it Latin root with "corasón."
>
> One definition of "stakeholder" is a neutral person who holds the
> money until the winner of a bet is determined.
>
> Marti
>
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