Too Many Languages!
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Variety is the spice of life. I love the fact going to a new country means a new culture and language. I'm going to guess you mean switch to English too? How would you feel if it was somehow decided we'd all have to speak Chinese, or Russian? I'm going to guess your opinion on a global language might change a bit.
Humm...is English still considered lingua franca or has that changed? Either way...a two language system seems it could work okay, that is make it so that english/whatever the current lingua franca is, taught as a secondary language. Any others would be optional/tertiary.
However...you'd have to have some kind of unified educational system first, and that is the more massively different problem given what many people think on how to educate their children.
Sorry, I'm being snide. I think the bigger problem if you put the 'one world language' as the primary goal, is that many countries would see it as giving up a part of themselves.
However...you'd have to have some kind of unified educational system first, and that is the more massively different problem given what many people think on how to educate their children.
Uhuh...America being the most well known, and influential country in the known universeAlkarin said:
Sorry, I'm being snide. I think the bigger problem if you put the 'one world language' as the primary goal, is that many countries would see it as giving up a part of themselves.
Why would people be pissed because of their hatred for America? Surely they'd hate England...or am I missing something.Alkarin said:
Well most countries believe they are better than america and some just flat out despise America (Especially Middle eastern countries due to their religious views) and they would find it as Americanism being imposed upon them and they would have none of it.
Honestly, I think there should be a universal trade language. Not to completely eradicate all languages but 1, but rather a second language that EVERYBODY knows.
I'd endorse Esperanto as the universal second language, but to be honest I don't know enough about it. But whatever it is, it should have RULES THAT WORK 100% OF THE TIME. None of this "I before E, except if it's one of the many MANY examples where it isn't" crap.
Life would be so much easier. All movies and games would have native language mode and universal secondary language subtitles so none of this "waiting 2 years for it to be translated" and heck, since everyone speaks it anyway we wouldn't even need translators. Not to mention the benefits to travel, business and politics.
I'd endorse Esperanto as the universal second language, but to be honest I don't know enough about it. But whatever it is, it should have RULES THAT WORK 100% OF THE TIME. None of this "I before E, except if it's one of the many MANY examples where it isn't" crap.
Life would be so much easier. All movies and games would have native language mode and universal secondary language subtitles so none of this "waiting 2 years for it to be translated" and heck, since everyone speaks it anyway we wouldn't even need translators. Not to mention the benefits to travel, business and politics.
Hold on...I won't disagree that many countries don't exactly love America. However, you'd be switching to English, not American. Surely the hatred would need to be focused on England for this to really be a problem. Unless of course, you're trying to say English was invented by America?Alkarin said:
Many languages have special words and meanings. Not everything is perfectly portable from language to language.Azeban said:
Having multiple languages doesn't always have concrete advantages. However there are exceptions.
The current lingua franca is English. The language "preference" came about due to many factors, mostly geographic, colonial, political and economic.
Arbitrary language specification would be pointless at this time. In my opinion geography/travel is not accessible/cheap enough for this measure to be fully effective.
Also English use is more widespread than Mandarin. International businesses usually often prefer employees with English experience.
no im saying most people arent that understanding about things and try to make up reasons to hate others more. its more of a scapegoat for violence then an actual insult in itself. afterall english is the offical language of the united states and people are going to refer it as biased towards them for whatever reasonsTerribleTerryTate said:
i would have to say english should be the official language of earth. seeing how all the aliens in the future speak it in movies we should all learn how to communicate with them.
well i believe they want english speakers more due to the fact that mostly westernized countries buy goods (well all countries do but you get my point) and they see more money out of dealing with capitalist countries then say communist china which speaks mandarinAntiAntagonist said:
Thanks for the cookie. However, after re-reading your initial post I still stand by what I said. Plus, how would a single global language be attainable? Centuries of history, and to a certain extent culture would need to be overlooked and completely ignored for this to be a possibility.Azeban said: