Language Powers - Page 2

limey · 03-12-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Oh yeah....maybe...then humanity would be screwed on communication.

You mean it isn't already?

euphoriatheory · 03-12-2008, 06:10 PM

I'm pretty sure I want to learn Mandarin and Cantonese, because I am firmly convinced that one day the Chinese will take over the earth.

freshnesschronic · 03-12-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by euphoriatheory

I'm pretty sure I want to learn Mandarin and Cantonese, because I am firmly convinced that one day the Chinese will take over the earth.

I've played that video game, it's called Fallout.

euphoriatheory · 03-13-2008, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

I've played that video game, it's called Fallout.

Heh.:p

monster · 03-13-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by euphoriatheory

I'm pretty sure I want to learn Mandarin and Cantonese, because I am firmly convinced that one day the Chinese will take over the earth.

Chinese is easy.

Number 53 with rice.

Shawnee123 · 03-13-2008, 04:07 PM

Just because you like rice and chinese meals usually include rice I find it very wrong of you to stereotype an entire country full of people. You don't know what the everyday rice needs of the Chinese are.

Can you get the number 53 without peppers?

Stress Puppy · 03-13-2008, 05:00 PM

Esperanto was an attempt at making a universal language. It hasn't caught on, although it is a very interesting language. Completely regular. There are no exceptions to the rules, which is what you can get when you design the rules for a language before the language is actually created.

Too bad it's only used by a few million people on the planet, and I don't know if it's a first language for the massive majority of them.

Kingswood · 03-13-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Stress Puppy

Esperanto was an attempt at making a universal language. It hasn't caught on, although it is a very interesting language. Completely regular. There are no exceptions to the rules, which is what you can get when you design the rules for a language before the language is actually created.

Too bad it's only used by a few million people on the planet, and I don't know if it's a first language for the massive majority of them.

Esperanto also has noun inflection by plural and case, and adjective agreement. In other words, Esperanto could be simpler. A universal language should not be inflected according to number and case like this just because Indo-European languages are inflected in this way.

Clodfobble · 03-13-2008, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Was at work this evening...

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Originally Posted by dar512

Your kids and mine will compete with most of the rest of the world. At least they will if they work in a white collar or IT job.

I maintain that the average person on the cellar, as well as their children, are not in fact average. I mean sure, if you want anecdotal, I too have directly dealt with clients and/or vendors in Spain, Argentina, Germany, France, England, India, Ireland, and Brazil. But most people don't.

Cloud · 03-13-2008, 09:12 PM

you asked for the second most "important" language. Importance is a pretty vague criterium. I think other than English, it would depend on the part of the world you are in, the business you are in, etc.

For me, it's certainly Spanish. I live on the border and in a town that is 80% Hispanic. I would also argue that in the US, Spanish is the number two language all around, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

For me, it's certainly Spanish. I live on the border and in a town that is 80% Hispanic. I would also argue that in the US, Spanish is the number two language all around, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.

Punch one for English.

HungLikeJesus · 03-14-2008, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

you asked for the second most "important" language. Importance is a pretty vague criterium. I think other than English, it would depend on the part of the world you are in, the business you are in, etc.

For me, it's certainly Spanish. I live on the border and in a town that is 80% Hispanic. I would also argue that in the US, Spanish is the number two language all around, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.

Cloud, it sounds like, for you, English is the second most important language.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-14-2008, 11:20 PM

Nah, Cloud would rather communicate with us, than her neighbors.

Trilby · 03-13-2008, 09:24 PM

why ya'll so galdam intelextual like an' all? why do'nt nobody just give a real quick answer? (like my burillianjt ider of icelandic to rule the world) yues er noe. quick actin all ....whatever. shheesh.

euphoriatheory · 03-13-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

why ya'll so galdam intelextual like an' all? why do'nt nobody just give a real quick answer? (like my burillianjt ider of icelandic to rule the world) yues er noe. quick actin all ....whatever. shheesh.

OH MY GOD!!!! It's Britney Spears, here on the Cellar!!

03-13-2008, 04:07 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Just because you like rice and chinese meals usually include rice I find it very wrong of you to stereotype an entire country full of people. You don't know what the everyday rice needs of the Chinese are. Can you get the number 53 without peppers? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-13-2008, 05:00 PM	#7
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	Esperanto was an attempt at making a universal language. It hasn't caught on, although it is a very interesting language. Completely regular. There are no exceptions to the rules, which is what you can get when you design the rules for a language before the language is actually created. Too bad it's only used by a few million people on the planet, and I don't know if it's a first language for the massive majority of them. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

03-13-2008, 09:12 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	you asked for the second most "important" language. Importance is a pretty vague criterium. I think other than English, it would depend on the part of the world you are in, the business you are in, etc. For me, it's certainly Spanish. I live on the border and in a town that is 80% Hispanic. I would also argue that in the US, Spanish is the number two language all around, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-14-2008, 11:20 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nah, Cloud would rather communicate with us, than her neighbors. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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euphoriatheory Sealed for your protection. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Hampshire. (It's a real state. It's north of Boston.) Posts: 71	I'm pretty sure I want to learn Mandarin and Cantonese, because I am firmly convinced that one day the Chinese will take over the earth.

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Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	why ya'll so galdam intelextual like an' all? why do'nt nobody just give a real quick answer? (like my burillianjt ider of icelandic to rule the world) yues er noe. quick actin all ....whatever. shheesh.

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