"X is the language of Y"

[Captain Pancake]

People always say that French, for example, is the language of love, or that German is a language of power and command. But what's always alluded me is what English is the language of. Any foreign escapists care to enlighten me?

For discussion, anybody else know any good "X is the language of Y"?

 

[zehydra]

lol, italian is the language of pasta.

how about Russian is the language of badass?

 

[Thaluikhain]

English is the language of global commerce and politics.

Old English is the language of poetry.

Latin is the language of dramatic speeches.

Greek is the language of yelling at people.

(Or rather, we attribute those qualities from people of a ____ speaking background)

 

[DaWaffledude]

Maybe English is a Jack of all Trades Language?

 

[TheBelgianGuy]

English would be the current lingua franca, and will thus be seen as 'standard' or 'bland', I guess.

As Charles V once supposedly said, "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse."

 

[BonsaiK]

Actually, X is the language of X.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Actually, X is the language of X.

My head hurts. D:

 

[ChaoticKraus]

Russian is the language of threats and tough-talk, no doubt.

Patois is the language of cool.

Danish is the language of speaking with mashed potatoes in your mouth.

 

[Speakercone]

Patois is the language of cool.

In London, Patois is seen as a language of criminality and violence. Decades of dealing with the Yardies will do that.

 

[IamQ]

Danish is the language of trying to speak but not quite knowing how.

Swedish is the language of meatballs.

Norweigan is the language of meatballs, but not quite.

Russian is the language of alcohol.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Canadian is the language of reason. And calling everyone else hosers.

 

[ChaoticKraus]

Patois is the language of cool.

In London, Patois is seen as a language of criminality and violence. Decades of dealing with the Yardies will do that.

Now, as a non-englishman i have no idea who the Yardies are. Could you explain?

I guess its gang-related, so i kind of understand what your point is. The language of a poor minority that is often involved in criminality/drugs/whatever will of course have a threatening connection.

It's the same with east european/middle eastern languages here.

My best friend is jamaican and we tend to drive around listening to ragga together, i really dig the rhytm of the language. Thats and all the overall jamaican myth has kind of led me to connect patois with good times.

 

[Brandon237]

English is the Language of most of the world, of all the economic power, of being heard, of being understood, of proving you can learn a million bloody arbitrary rules and use them without a moment's hesitation, of having a huge selection of words to choose from.

Done.

 

[SckizoBoy]

... all of the above.

Bullshit is the language of mankind.

 

[Nickolai77]

Patois is the language of cool.

In London, Patois is seen as a language of criminality and violence. Decades of dealing with the Yardies will do that.

Now, as a non-englishman i have no idea who the Yardies are. Could you explain?

I guess its gang-related, so i kind of understand what your point is. The language of a poor minority that is often involved in criminality/drugs/whatever will of course have a threatening connection.

It's the same with east european/middle eastern languages here.

My best friend is jamaican and we tend to drive around listening to ragga together, i really dig the rhytm of the language. Thats and all the overall jamaican myth has kind of led me to connect patois with good times.

I'm English but i'm not sure what a yardie is, some sort of chav perhaps? I didn't know what a Patois is either until i googled it. London's a world in itself.

I've always imagined German is the language of instruction manuals, and Russian the language of alcohol considering how wonderfully slurred it sounds.

I won't say anything about English as that's my native language so i can only be bias. I will leave non-native speakers to decide what they think the English language is.

 

[Jake0fTrades]

English is the "Jack of all trades" of languages. It's the most common all over the world, so it can't really have that much of a personal identity. If you want to be nice, you could say it's the language of diplomacy.

Technically speaking, Mandarin Chinese is the most common. But it's only really prevalent in China (for obvious reasons.)

 

[Jake0fTrades]

If French is the language of love, German is the language of anger.

 

[Phlakes]

American is the language of ignorance.