Knowing french, I'd prefer to have learnt italian. It seems like an easier version of it that sounds better, and they're really similar languages. I can read some italian things from just knowing french.Freechoice said:
what would you make Earth's official language?
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After googling "esperanto," I think I would realistically pick that. If I were feeling sadistic, I would pick Navajo.finiii said:
Binary code.
No really, I want to hear my women talk affectionately to me in 1's and 0's.... maybe an occasional 2 if they're feeling extra dirty.
Also, I'd pay good money to hear the micro machines man speak like this.
No really, I want to hear my women talk affectionately to me in 1's and 0's.... maybe an occasional 2 if they're feeling extra dirty.
Also, I'd pay good money to hear the micro machines man speak like this.
Italian (Ezio, how you make me want to learn how to speak in that sexy language like you)
but the nerd in me wants to say Japanese.
but the nerd in me wants to say Japanese.
Earth's official language? Easy! The language of trade! Currently, it's English. Next? Who knows, maybe Chinese, or it could end up being Swahili! Of course, that'd mean the language changes every century or two.
A modified version of Esperanto with plenty of allowance for loanwords.
ETA: And the crapstorms that would result just make it all the more appropriate.
ETA: And the crapstorms that would result just make it all the more appropriate.
Spanish or English.
Only chinese is a more spoken language than these two to begin with but that does no take into account all the different slangs of that language (people from south China does not understand a person speaking Chinese in the North, or so I've heard) so I'd pick either of the two most spoken languages in the world.
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Or then I would just go with Finish to fuck with peoples' minds...
Only chinese is a more spoken language than these two to begin with but that does no take into account all the different slangs of that language (people from south China does not understand a person speaking Chinese in the North, or so I've heard) so I'd pick either of the two most spoken languages in the world.
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Or then I would just go with Finish to fuck with peoples' minds...
No.finiii said:
Esperanto is bad and you should feel bad for suggesting we inflict that cobbled-together monstrosity on humanity.
OT: English is the logical option, most industry/rich nations here speak it and only spanish and chinese outrank it as 'most spoken'. So they could do, I guess, but I've little desire to learn either, especially chinese in all it's complexity.
Or, if I'm feeling sadistic but not sadistic enough to inflict...THAT...language on humanity, then I'd say Old Norse. Just for shits and giggles, plus I could learn it fairly well. And it'd be amusing to see spaniards and latinos look at me confused while I'm speaking the most common tongue fluently for once, instead of them expecting me to speak their rotting taco language everywhere I go. Yes, I mad. Also intoxicated. Still retaining impeccable spelling.
Boy, I'll be regretting this in the morning when I'm slapped down with a warning or suspension for racism (I figure 'rotting taco language' isn't very culturally sensitive). But that's future me's problem.
The language must be whatever language it was before the Tower of Babel, so, tower of Nega-Babel?
Gather all the linguists in the world, set them down and have them construct a language that could easily absorb & name new concepts as they are discovered, can be fairly easily taught to all people on the planet, and is logical in both it's written and spoken forms. Minimal to no Homonyms, or letters that sometimes sound like 'k', sometimes 's' but are really just there to hook up with the letter 'h'.
Then call it 'Terran' and make it's use mandatory in schools worldwide for a generation or two. No old languages around for BS 'ha my native language wins!' wars. I imagine it would quickly become like english in america. The 1st generation is mostly bi-lingual, the next knows a few words (mostly swears), and then it just slowly tails off into the mists of history except for a few scholars and/or language geeks.
Then call it 'Terran' and make it's use mandatory in schools worldwide for a generation or two. No old languages around for BS 'ha my native language wins!' wars. I imagine it would quickly become like english in america. The 1st generation is mostly bi-lingual, the next knows a few words (mostly swears), and then it just slowly tails off into the mists of history except for a few scholars and/or language geeks.