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Assimilation
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languages are dying out
English supplants the rest Do we need 7000 languages? Or enough for 2-3 languages per country. I am from Ukraine and I would like to be English-speaking. RE: Assimilation
April 24, 2018 at 8:31 am
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2018 at 8:34 am by The Grand Nudger.)
IDK if we need them..but they're nice to have. If we all had to pick one language or die I'd say we should just pick a language (which is what we actually do, in those situations..even if it;s an impromptu functional language with five words and ten hand signals). Beyond that highly improbable scenario....what's the problem? More specifically, what makes it a political problem?
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I think if for some reason, all the world's nations were forced to, say, learn English, it would cause many more problems than it would solve, not even counting the resentment that would dominate.
Plus, I just find languages interesting, including their history. I was just in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao, which predominately speak Papiamento, but since they are part of the Dutch crown, signage is often in Dutch, including the fleet of various government bodies ("Brandweer" for the fire brigades). And English usage is fairly high because of tourist needs. In Haiti, on the same trip, signage was in French, but most people spoke among themselves in Haitian Creole. I conlanged for a while, until I hit a creative brick wall. I was trying to somehow fuse Dutch with Spanish, but witout any other influences, besides its own. I reckon I'll pick it up again when I study language in general. I have also dibble-dabbled in conworlding.
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(April 24, 2018 at 8:25 am)Interaktive Wrote: languages are dying out We where suppose to convert to metric measures years ago... it never happened.
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English is good enough for Jesus (and Donald Trump !) it otta be good enough for everyone.
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With 3 different "i" sounds, 2 "s", 2 "o" and getting pulled by the ear in front of the class for choosing the wrong one! And don't start me on the 4 squiggly stupid accents on top of them! I'm so relieved now in later life that I have forgotten everything! (the nightmares are subsiding)
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