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Should we rescue endangered languages?
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RE: Should we rescue endangered languages?
Mark Twain once observed that a person of good intelligence who applied himself could learn to speak passable English in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years.

He went on to say that if people wish to become fluent in German, it should be declared a dead language, as only the dead have time to learn it.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Angrboda - August 9, 2014 at 3:36 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Diablo - August 9, 2014 at 3:38 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Violet - August 9, 2014 at 3:49 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Napoléon - August 9, 2014 at 3:50 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Diablo - August 9, 2014 at 5:32 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by vorlon13 - August 9, 2014 at 5:29 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Jenny A - August 10, 2014 at 1:00 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Jenny A - August 10, 2014 at 1:23 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Dystopia - August 9, 2014 at 5:34 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Diablo - August 9, 2014 at 5:39 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Dystopia - August 9, 2014 at 5:42 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Diablo - August 9, 2014 at 5:57 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Dystopia - August 9, 2014 at 6:13 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Polaris - August 9, 2014 at 6:18 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Cato - September 5, 2014 at 7:44 am
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Darth - September 6, 2014 at 6:09 am
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Cato - September 6, 2014 at 8:09 am
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Darth - August 10, 2014 at 8:44 am
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by c172 - August 10, 2014 at 10:10 am
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by c172 - August 10, 2014 at 12:29 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Tobie - August 10, 2014 at 1:33 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Diablo - August 10, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by c172 - August 10, 2014 at 1:18 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Tobie - August 10, 2014 at 1:28 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by c172 - August 10, 2014 at 1:32 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Polaris - August 10, 2014 at 3:53 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Diablo - August 10, 2014 at 3:58 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by DramaQueen - August 14, 2014 at 8:12 am
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by Tobie - August 14, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by naimless - September 5, 2014 at 5:06 am
RE: Should we rescue endangered languages? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 6, 2014 at 6:16 am

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