Comments on: DNA Clears Family In JonBenet Slaying

Colo. Prosecutor Says New Tests Point To "Unexplained Third Party" In Girl's 1996 Killing

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by mericarocks July 9, 2008 8:42 PM EDT
And it''s not the dialects that make English hard to learn, English is actually difficult to learn because of pronunciation issues and irregular verbs; in English, many words are spelled the same but sound different depending on the meaning.
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by impeach__w July 9, 2008 8:41 PM EDT
The only subject I ever almost failed was Typing. It was a school in Japan and both typing instutors struck me as the fabulous/flaming type. My mom was a part-time sub at the school and sometimes taught that very class and before that, she was a full time typing instructor in the states!
The point is you can get nearly straight A''s, get a Phd, be a perfect communicator, speller, have good grammar, bi-lingual, spell-checker, etc. If you can''t type, or have a program that does any of the work for you, technology at times will help to make you still look like an idiot.
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by mericarocks July 9, 2008 8:35 PM EDT
....it is proven that American English is the hardest to learn.
Posted by mitchoncbs

Proven where?? Here are some FACTS...go ON, look ''em up...

There are over 2650 languages in the world plus over 7000 dialects. All that aside, the British Foreign Office conducted a language study recently and concluded that the most difficult language to learn is Basque, spoken in parts of Spain and France, followed closely by Hungarian, which has 35 cases or noun forms. On the other hand, German and Russian languages use a punctuation system said to be among the most difficult ones in the world.
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by July 9, 2008 8:34 PM EDT
MericaRocks, Vocj i um completo empurrco .... demasiado cobarde para uma chamada de alguim um nome na nossa lmngua?
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by annia1233 July 9, 2008 8:32 PM EDT
There will always bee those that will say they did it. It is terrible how we, in this country , where people should be innicent until proven guilty, cast terrible things over others and destroy their lives just in gossiping. I am sure that if they had been prosecuted they would have been found guilty on circumstancial evidence ONLY. that circumstantial evidence is so shaky and dangerous...
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by mericarocks July 9, 2008 8:32 PM EDT
Why weren''''t DNA tests done an reported in the very beginning???
Posted by marbru

Maybe actually reading the article would help you answer your own questions...

"The new type of DNA testing, not available in previous years, was conducted on DNA recovered from JonBenet''s leggings, reports CBS-4 TV in Denver. Previous tests were conducted on DNA collected from her underwear. Those earlier tests also did not match any of the Ramsey family members."
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by July 9, 2008 8:30 PM EDT
DaVicar2, my pleasure....it is proven that American English is the hardest to learn. I speak Tagalog because I had to learn it while overseas in the Navy. In doing so, my instructor, who was French (lol)...told me this about the American English...
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by marbru-2009 July 9, 2008 8:27 PM EDT
Why weren''t DNA tests done an reported in the very beginning???
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by July 9, 2008 8:25 PM EDT
DaVicar2, it was very well thought out, or did you say tough....anyway, most people aren''t pilots...try speaking another language when you''re drunk....like most pilots are.
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by ann3332 July 9, 2008 8:21 PM EDT
Im so happy to hear this now john and his family can breathed a little easier. and Im also glad that they appologized to them. And yes im praying that the one who was responsible for the killing will be caught and face justice.
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by July 9, 2008 8:16 PM EDT
MericaRocks, I know a little, but not everything. I am speaking from experience, not from learning how to write in other languages, but having to communicate in speaking.
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by xmanborg July 9, 2008 8:16 PM EDT
I thought that DNA tests were done a LONG TIME AGO & the Family had already been cleared.
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by mericarocks July 9, 2008 8:12 PM EDT
Our language is the worst compared to other countries. Every country I have been in has had a problem understanding the way we speak. Reason is, too many other dialects make up our language. We speak backwards compared to other languages.
Posted by mitchoncbs

WHAT??? You clearly know NOTHING about the structure of other languages!!!!!
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by barbaraf4 July 9, 2008 8:06 PM EDT
It is sad that Patsy Ramsey went to her grave with this hanging over her.
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by July 9, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
Criticize my writing for sure...jeeez....I need to proof read before I click publish....
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by July 9, 2008 8:03 PM EDT
minnick8, and everyone else critisizing vivaviva80 about her writing. I believe she is using a tranlation program, that''s why it is out of wack. Has anyone ever used a program to translate from one language to American English? It look just like that. Our language is the worst compared to other countries. Every country I have been in has had a problem understanding the way we speak. Reason is, too many other dialects make up our language. We speak backwards compared to other languages, so try to to be too critical, she has a point.
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by ariel133 July 9, 2008 7:58 PM EDT
New evidence with new standards and finally found DNA that doesn''t match after how many years? Credibiliy? Zilch. Oh, well, sad as it , the mother passed and so lets leave the father alone and close this chapter.
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by minnick8-2009 July 9, 2008 7:57 PM EDT
I am a author in Japan, I already wrote this in my blog past three years, and I believe I goes to publish this book someday. people can learn how wrong in USA with police system , racism etc....

Posted by vivaviva80

If you are an author in Japan, I hope your book is being published in Japanese and then translated to English by translators and editors. I couldn''t write a book in Japanese, and you shouldn''t try to write a book in English.
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by susieq_13 July 9, 2008 7:52 PM EDT
They caused a lot of grief for the Ramsey family. I just hope they find the real culprit soon so at least the father can have some piece of mind before he too passes away. I felt so bad for the mother b/c she passed away before knowing the real killer.
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by ssm9451 July 9, 2008 7:49 PM EDT
whiskyrocker, until there is an end to the story, yes we''''ll continue to read about it. JFK assination was 45 years ago, and they still talk and write about it.

Posted by mitchoncbs at 04:29 PM : Jul 09, 2008
You are so right! Even A. Lincoln''s assination is still discussed. We will never know who killed Jon Benet. Maybe it was her brother???
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