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Is one-world-language a good idea?

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Is one-world-language a good idea?
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 9, 2015 at 1:04 am
I like that there are different languages. Different experiences give different words to different people, and by exchanging those words, we can learn a lot. Homogeneity has a tendency to pigeonhole, and given that we usually think using our language, it seems to me that having one world language might trim too many twigs, at the expense of verdant thinking.

Having a common language is one thing; having only one language another. The first is great, an international superhighway; the second is dreadful, because it represents the channelization of thought.

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Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Aoi Magi - November 1, 2014 at 2:57 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Minimalist - November 1, 2014 at 4:01 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by LastPoet - November 1, 2014 at 4:20 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Minimalist - November 1, 2014 at 5:57 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by abaris - November 1, 2014 at 5:23 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Lao Shizi - November 1, 2014 at 5:49 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by DramaQueen - November 9, 2014 at 9:52 am
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by KUSA - November 1, 2014 at 4:10 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Aoi Magi - November 1, 2014 at 4:16 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by viocjit - November 1, 2014 at 5:18 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by LastPoet - November 1, 2014 at 5:52 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by miniboes - November 1, 2014 at 6:02 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by bennyboy - November 1, 2014 at 7:59 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Violet - November 9, 2014 at 7:18 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Dystopia - February 8, 2015 at 2:07 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by downbeatplumb - February 8, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Chas - February 8, 2015 at 2:30 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by robvalue - February 8, 2015 at 2:31 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by vorlon13 - February 8, 2015 at 2:34 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Norman Humann - February 8, 2015 at 2:41 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Lucanus - February 8, 2015 at 2:41 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by LastPoet - February 8, 2015 at 7:11 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by StuW - February 8, 2015 at 2:43 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Nope - February 8, 2015 at 2:46 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Darkstar - February 8, 2015 at 3:34 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Norman Humann - February 8, 2015 at 3:36 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Nope - February 8, 2015 at 5:18 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Aoi Magi - February 8, 2015 at 3:40 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Norman Humann - February 8, 2015 at 5:20 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by bennyboy - February 8, 2015 at 7:07 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by IATIA - February 8, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Dystopia - February 8, 2015 at 10:08 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Losty - February 8, 2015 at 10:43 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Dystopia - February 8, 2015 at 11:04 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by bennyboy - February 8, 2015 at 11:21 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Ravenshire - February 8, 2015 at 10:46 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Anomalocaris - February 9, 2015 at 12:47 am
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by bennyboy - February 8, 2015 at 10:59 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Losty - February 8, 2015 at 11:45 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by bennyboy - February 8, 2015 at 11:59 pm
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Aoi Magi - February 9, 2015 at 12:53 am
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Losty - February 9, 2015 at 12:56 am
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Thumpalumpacus - February 9, 2015 at 1:04 am
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by Aoi Magi - February 9, 2015 at 1:24 am
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by emilynghiem - February 9, 2015 at 2:22 am
RE: Is one-world-language a good idea? - by thesummerqueen - February 9, 2015 at 3:32 pm

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