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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 7:33 pm
The question would be which language. I think english is the worst choice, but it would appear that english is becoming quite prominent, though it is such an unstructured language. I would think something along the lines of spanish as the language is pronounced as it is spelled. The phonetic Korean alphabet looks OK for written language.
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Any language that rids the above sentence of the ambiguities would be the best choice.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 10:08 pm
Quote:The question would be which language. I think english is the worst choice, but it would appear that english is becoming quite prominent, though it is such an unstructured language. I would think something along the lines of spanish as the language is pronounced as it is spelled. The phonetic Korean alphabet looks OK for written language.
If he put his hat on his head, how many are there and who is wearing the hat?
Any language that rids the above sentence of the ambiguities would be the best choice.
English is really simple when it comes to grammar, vocabulary and comprehension, at least in my opinion. Learning English is currently the easiest choice.
Spanish is a pain to learn even if you speak a Latin-derived language. I have never managed to dominate Spanish and pronounce everything correctly and I speak Portuguese.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 10:43 pm
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If there was one global language it'd have to be English. Most Americans barely grasp it, expecting them to learn another language is asking far too much.
(February 8, 2015 at 10:08 pm)Dystopia Wrote: English is really simple when it comes to grammar, vocabulary and comprehension, at least in my opinion. Learning English is currently the easiest choice.
Spanish is a pain to learn even if you speak a Latin-derived language. I have never managed to dominate Spanish and pronounce everything correctly and I speak Portuguese.
I thought learning Spanish was really easy. The sounds are a lot easier than English.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 10:46 pm
Mandarin Chinese and English are currently the frontrunners for a global language. I believe English will win out simply because so many who speak Mandarin as a fist language already speak at least enough English to conduct business and most are willing to learn while many who speak English as a first language have no interest in learning a second.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 10:59 pm
English is already a global language. In my opinion, the two biggest problems with English are: 1) that the Latin spelling system is fucking retarded. The Korean system, with the addition of a few characters for non-Korean sounds, would be better. 2) the Americans have raped English, making simple things like the difference between subject, object, and possessives confused. We need to go back a couple hundred years when grammar had some meaning.
Example: "I'm bigger than her." Fuck off with that shit. It's "I'm bigger than she (is)."
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 11:04 pm
(February 8, 2015 at 10:43 pm)Losty Wrote: If there was one global language it'd have to be English. Most Americans barely grasp it, expecting them to learn another language is asking far too much.
(February 8, 2015 at 10:08 pm)Dystopia Wrote: English is really simple when it comes to grammar, vocabulary and comprehension, at least in my opinion. Learning English is currently the easiest choice.
Spanish is a pain to learn even if you speak a Latin-derived language. I have never managed to dominate Spanish and pronounce everything correctly and I speak Portuguese.
I thought learning Spanish was really easy. The sounds are a lot easier than English.
For people who speak other Latin-derived languages it's not since a lot of words are really similar and we confuse ourselves. When I try to speak Spanish I change my accent and a sentence half spanish half portuguese comes out. Spaniards understand me.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 11:21 pm
(February 8, 2015 at 11:04 pm)Dystopia Wrote: For people who speak other Latin-derived languages it's not since a lot of words are really similar and we confuse ourselves. When I try to speak Spanish I change my accent and a sentence half spanish half portuguese comes out. Spaniards understand me. Actually, the languages don't have to be related to each other for this effect to occur. One kid in my class speaks Chinese and English about equally well (his native language is Korean). Sometimes, I ask him to speak Chinese and he gets totally disoriented-- he starts mixing English and Chinese in a single sentence.
That's because he's so used to speaking only English with me, I guess.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 11:45 pm
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(February 8, 2015 at 10:59 pm)bennyboy Wrote: English is already a global language. In my opinion, the two biggest problems with English are: 1) that the Latin spelling system is fucking retarded. The Korean system, with the addition of a few characters for non-Korean sounds, would be better. 2) the Americans have raped English, making simple things like the difference between subject, object, and possessives confused. We need to go back a couple hundred years when grammar had some meaning.
Example: "I'm bigger than her." Fuck off with that shit. It's "I'm bigger than she (is)."
Funny, when I moved to South Georgia people always laughed at me for having 'is' or 'at' at the end of my sentences. I never knew it was weird. Now, after sevenish years in South Georgia and 6 years speaking only Spanish, and 6 years being a mother of small children....my English is warped. I still accidentally add Spanish sometimes when speaking English. Sigh oh well, I will learn German and then with my Ohio, Georgia, Mexican, German accent no one will ever know where I'm from or even what I'm saying half the time. I can live with that.
(February 8, 2015 at 11:04 pm)Dystopia Wrote: (February 8, 2015 at 10:43 pm)Losty Wrote: If there was one global language it'd have to be English. Most Americans barely grasp it, expecting them to learn another language is asking far too much.
I thought learning Spanish was really easy. The sounds are a lot easier than English.
For people who speak other Latin-derived languages it's not since a lot of words are really similar and we confuse ourselves. When I try to speak Spanish I change my accent and a sentence half spanish half portuguese comes out. Spaniards understand me.
If you can speak Portuguese most Spanish speakers will understand you anyways and you'll be able to get the idea of what they're saying too. I don't speak Portuguese but if I know the subject of the discussion I can get a basic idea of what's being said just because it's so similar to Spanish.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 11:59 pm
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(February 8, 2015 at 11:45 pm)Losty Wrote: Sigh oh well, I will learn German and then with my Ohio, Georgia, Mexican, German accent no one will ever know where I'm from or even what I'm saying half the time. I can live with that. !!! 
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 9, 2015 at 12:47 am
(February 8, 2015 at 10:46 pm)GalacticBusDriver Wrote: Mandarin Chinese and English are currently the frontrunners for a global language. I believe English will win out simply because so many who speak Mandarin as a fist language already speak at least enough English to conduct business and most are willing to learn while many who speak English as a first language have no interest in learning a second.
The number of speaker of a language should be less important an indicator of whether a language is vigorously competitive as a global language than how culturally diverse are the background of its speakers.
In this Chinese is not anywhere close to being a real front runner.
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