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Is preserving languages a good thing?
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RE: Is preserving languages a good thing?
(October 29, 2020 at 5:12 pm)Rank Stranger Wrote: Diversity is pretty well necessary to stabilize any complex system. It's true of aquariums, and it's true of societies. A big part of any culture is encoded in the language. There's no stopping said current mass language-extinction, but IMO it'd be a real stretch to say that's a good thing.

Check out Newspeak for a taste of what that would be.

After a short Google search, I came across an incomplete translation tool on a website. Only a few key words, inspired by George Orwell's "1984" novel, were translated into Newspeak. It had the right idea of what it would look like.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
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Is preserving languages a good thing? - by FlatAssembler - January 2, 2020 at 1:16 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Brian37 - January 2, 2020 at 1:55 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Brian37 - January 2, 2020 at 4:22 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by no one - January 2, 2020 at 5:11 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Brian37 - January 2, 2020 at 5:36 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by paulpablo - January 5, 2020 at 6:42 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Mr Greene - January 5, 2020 at 8:29 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Secular Elf - November 4, 2020 at 7:23 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Mr Greene - January 3, 2020 at 9:35 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by FlatAssembler - January 28, 2020 at 12:03 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by onlinebiker - January 4, 2020 at 11:34 am
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by LastPoet - January 5, 2020 at 12:12 am
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Mr Greene - January 5, 2020 at 2:31 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by viocjit - January 8, 2020 at 9:08 am
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by FlatAssembler - October 29, 2020 at 1:04 am
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Rank Stranger - October 29, 2020 at 5:12 pm
RE: Is preserving languages a good thing? - by Sal - October 29, 2020 at 5:24 pm

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