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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 2:41 pm
I'd adopt Klingon as the one world language. People from my town would have no difficulty whatsoever in the vocalizations.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 2:43 pm
The problem whith the OP idea is that even English isn't standard within itself and is continually evolving from generation to generation and town to town.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 2:46 pm
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SQUEEEE! I love making up languages but I keep that hobby to myself because it is a bit unusual. Yes, let's invent a one world language but it shouldn't be English. English is a strange language with some weird spelling. Also, maybe one day China will be the biggest superpower and people who learned English will have to learn a new language. An invented language solves that problem. Plus, I could invent the language because I am a nerd and like doing that sort of thing.
One thing that I would have is that verbs don't change their form but particles in front of the verbs would change whether they are past or present tense. That seems much simpler to learn.
Of course, there would be an equivalent to fuck. It is a made up language so fuck could keep its various meanings and stay the same.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 3:34 pm
I say yes, but with the following qualification: There are several words in certain languages that have no equivalents in other languages. If we were to somehow incorporate those exclusive words into the common language (either by inventing new words for the common language to incorporate those meanings, or by simply lifting the words in question directly from their parent languages) then I think the common language would be a good idea.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 3:36 pm
I find swearing in English very unsatisfying. It just doesn't have that "umph".
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 3:40 pm
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I find insults in foreign languages very satisfying as that allows me enough time to get away while the other party looks it up on google.
PS: I never intended for a specific existing language to be the world language, nor do I want it as a replacement, but my idea of a world language is something simple, easy to learn, and just basic enough to help everyone communicate with each other easily.
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RE: Is one-world-language a good idea?
February 8, 2015 at 5:20 pm
I don't know. Curse words in my mother's tongue almost all have r in them so they roll on the tongue nicely. But maybe it's just that they have stronger emotional connections to them than foreign words.
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