| I think it would certainly make things easier. But then there's the issue of "preserving culture" and "keeping a unique language". I honestly wouldn't be affected by it as I see language meerly as a means to communicate your thoughts and ideas, not as a cultural thing that should be preserved. Others might think differently though. Do you guys think there should just be one language shared among the world (even though it would probably be impossible to accomplish). |
| I'd go with emobubbles, but someone else already had it, damn bastard. |
| nope i still want to watch anime on japanese sub |
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| It would kill diversity in culture pretty hard but it would be damn convenient |
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| I've been following a site recently. It's called futuretimelines.com (look it up if you don't know) and there's a prediction that the only languages/cultures left that people will speak/use are English, Chinese, and Spanish. Personally, I hope that this isn't true because this would mean that people start forgetting about Japan, and that would be a catastrophe. |
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| Why not? The entire purpose of language is to communicate. But ironically, language barriers became one of the biggest obstacles of communication. |
| no. Cause then I couldn't say things behind people's back right in front of their faces. |
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| B-but if I can't piss dub elitists off anymore... What am I supposed to do? |
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| Would be very useful, but also quite boring. |
| Convenience? Yay. Culture and Uniqueness? Nope. However, I think the world would already get along better if people make a much larger attempt to learn other languages. I speak two fluently (English and Malay) and trying to learn another two (Cantonese and Japanese). But stupid patriotism and extremism always gets in the way. |
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| Ofcourse it would be better, what an idiotic question. In history all great kings and emperors wanted unity, one language, one coin, one law. If we can achieve that the world would be a much better place because it's easier to govern. |
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| You might as well ask for a single nationality as well. Even IF you managed to make everyone perfectly learn the language, the variation of speech (tongue and pronunciation) and customs (the slight differences between American English and British English) between different areas will result in that single language essentially being split into a gigantic multitude of variations, to the point where it may simply become split into several somewhat-distinct languages (of the same origin) for the sake of convenience (AKA memetic mutation.) |
| Yes. Common language breaks language barier, so it makes easy to find people like you. |
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| Yes no more subs= More natural voice= No more language barries Comic_Sans said: B-but if I can't piss dub elitists off anymore... What am I supposed to do? Shit nobody says. |
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| No. Diversity is good. |
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| Well, yes. Just like if everyone was of the same race and culture things would be better. For one thing, there'd be no such thing as racism, multiculturalism issues, immigration issues and religious conflicts. That's never gonna happen, anyway. |
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| Let's hope that there will never be a single language. There is meaningless culture but there is also meaningful culture. No diversity is boring. |
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Immahnoob said: Let's hope that there will never be a single language. There is meaningless culture but there is also meaningful culture. No diversity is boring. But on the other hand, diversity/multiculturalism has led to wars and genocides. |
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Cowabunga said: And that's fun.Immahnoob said: Let's hope that there will never be a single language. There is meaningless culture but there is also meaningful culture. No diversity is boring. But on the other hand, diversity/multiculturalism has led to wars and genocides. |
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Immahnoob said: Cowabunga said: And that's fun.But on the other hand, diversity/multiculturalism has led to wars and genocides. Oh. Carry on, then. |
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| No really, you think that in this case it's better to cut off the root of the problem, right? But the root of the problem isn't diversity and multiculturalism. Sure, you can cut it off just like you can technically kill Bob and cure him of cancer (to explain the analogy, you'll also kill the cancer if Bob dies, just the way you can fix genocides and wars if there's no more culture), but I'd say it's better to fix the actual root. The people maybe? The only examples of genocide and wars for diversity/multiculturalism/religion/etc is happening in fucking Islamic or African countries, where there's the epitome of ignorance, the rest of the wars are for resources and territories under the guise of these problems. The rest of the examples are historical, and will repeat themselves if we continue having this mass of idiots. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2753004/CIA-believes-ranks-ISIS-fighters-swollen-TRIPLE-number-previously-thought-31-500-fighters-2-000-Westerners.html It's like saying, "WELL, WE CAN KILL EVERY HUMAN BEING BECAUSE WE ARE ALL POTENTIALLY RAPISTS.". Do you get why it is bullshit to deny diversity for both meaningful and meaningless? |
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| You mentioned a pro of diversity, so I decided to mention a con. As for "fixing the people", that's easier said than done. Gotta keep immigration in check to prevent it from getting out of control, and governments gotta be careful not to let a certain group of people have more rights and benefits than others. It's not that easy for immigrants from very different cultures to assimilate either. Obviously genocide and war are a bit of an extreme example, but it's not like they just happen overnight. They're the result of years of resentment and ethnic tension. As for less extreme issues, clash of cultures does happen quite often and human beings are naturally prejudiced to some degree and bound to fear the unknown. I cant' really blame people for feeling that their culture is being threatened every time a McDonald's or another big american corporation opens up in an historical area of their city, per example. Anyway, there being one language only would kinda suck since I enjoy learning languages and they're useful to get jobs. But ofc life would be a lot simpler if we all spoke the same language. That's why there's always a lingua franca. |
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Cowabunga said: You mentioned a pro of diversity, so I decided to mention a con. That's not a con of diversity. It's a con of ignorance. As for "fixing the people", that's easier said than done. That's a fallacy, so it's better to either kill culture entirely because it's easier right? Gotta keep immigration in check to prevent it from getting out of control, and governments gotta be careful not to let a certain group of people have more rights and benefits than others. I have no idea how one's related to the other, also, your first statement is unexplained. Why should we keep immigration in check?It's not that easy for immigrants from very different cultures to assimilate either. That's still part of ignorance.Obviously genocide and war are a bit of an extreme example, but it's not like they just happen overnight. They're the result of years of resentment and ethnic tension. As for less extreme issues, clash of cultures does happen quite often and human beings are naturally prejudiced to some degree and bound to fear the unknown. I cant' really blame people for feeling that their culture is being threatened every time a McDonald's or another big american corporation opens up in an historical area of their city, per example. Fear of the unknown and culture, what? And all of this is still part of ignorance, culture should exist yes, but that does not mean we have to bash it down someone's throat either. Culture can be rational.Anyway, there being one language only would kinda suck since I enjoy learning languages and they're useful to get jobs. But ofc life would be a lot simpler if we all spoke the same language. That's why there's always a lingua franca. And boring too, easier but boring, I'd say happiness cannot be equalized to simplicity every time. |
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| I would be more in favor of a universal translater than one language. Though as time passes I don't doubt many will merge. Also that Future timeline site is wack. |
Khaosman said: Convenience? Yay. Culture and Uniqueness? Nope. ^ This. Languages also represent the identity of a ethnic group and are part of this beautiful and multicolored world. |
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| No, but English, Mandarin, Spanish, and French should be standard languages when it comes to business and everyone should be fluent in one or more or these along with their native language. |
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Hoppy said: No, but English, Mandarin, Spanish, and French should be standard languages when it comes to business and everyone should be fluent in one or more or these along with their native language. I would say German is more needed than Spanish. Unless you are American and need to speak to the dishwasher. |
emoblossom123 said: I honestly wouldn't be affected by it as I see language meerly as a means to communicate your thoughts and ideas, not as a cultural thing that should be preserved. Others might think differently though. I would say I'm definitely one of the others who feels and things differently. There are many places among the world were people take their culture very seriously and it is something very treasured among their people. Language being part of that culture. So it may not affect you but it affects them. Anyways, no, I don't want just one language for universal communication and then there be no other languages. Language and one's native tongue is a beautiful thing. |
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RedArmyShogun said: German is more useful in Europe and in business. Otherwise it's SpanishHoppy said: No, but English, Mandarin, Spanish, and French should be standard languages when it comes to business and everyone should be fluent in one or more or these along with their native language. I would say German is more needed than Spanish. Unless you are American and need to speak to the dishwasher. |
RedArmyShogun said: Hoppy said: No, but English, Mandarin, Spanish, and French should be standard languages when it comes to business and everyone should be fluent in one or more or these along with their native language. I would say German is more needed than Spanish. Unless you are American and need to speak to the dishwasher. Oh this post is flame material XD I don't know why school in America stress shitty Spanish. We should all be learning what are true allies are speaking French, German, etc. Hell Canada is right about us and their language was just an after thought. |
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| It would be better if there never were other languages from the begining but its unrealistic to think a universal language would come along to replace all otehrs but a universal language would be nice but only as a second language everyone knows. RedArmyShogun said: Down side to that is people would become overly reliant on it and trust it too much when its just a software that can be hacked or tampered to say the wrong translations in ways that can go as far as start wars.I would be more in favor of a universal translater than one language. Though as time passes I don't doubt many will merge. Also that Future timeline site is wack. |
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Hoppy said: English is the only language you needNo, but English, Mandarin, Spanish, and French should be standard languages when it comes to business and everyone should be fluent in one or more or these along with their native language. then again it's apparently too hard for people so maybe we should choose an easier language? |
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| As someone who is not having English as main language I completely disagree with OP. I have learned a couple of languages, and each one is unique in their own way and has a 'personality' of their own. Language is the soul of the culture, there are languages with pre-gendered disposition, there are languages with gender neutrality too. There are languages with honorifics as it's central theme, there are languages that has lots of metaphor vocabulary. Each languages is beautiful in its own way and shown us the structure of their society. Through language you can appreciate the culture, you can understand where they're coming from, and gain better understanding of humanity through diversity. Language is a beautiful form of communications, and their translations is not less than an art. |
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pseudoenigma said: English is the only language you need then again it's apparently too hard for people so maybe we should choose an easier language? To be honest, english is so far one of the easiest languages to learn since its vocabulary is quite poor compared to other languages. But in the end, the only language you need is your native one, unless you've to work outside your country of course. |
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traed said: Downside to robots is that they could get to rule over the world. DurrrrrrDown side to that is people would become overly reliant on it and trust it too much when its just a software that can be hacked or tampered to say the wrong translations in ways that can go as far as start wars. |
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pseudoenigma said: Hoppy said: English is the only language you needNo, but English, Mandarin, Spanish, and French should be standard languages when it comes to business and everyone should be fluent in one or more or these along with their native language. then again it's apparently too hard for people so maybe we should choose an easier language? English isn't hard at all to me and many people around the world. If it really was, do you think there'd be millions of people around the world that are fluent in it? I find French and German harder than English. And French is a lot more closely related to my native language than English is. I mean, if English is "too hard", Then what are languages such as Basque, Arabic and Mandarin? Impossible? |
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DeathNyx said: pseudoenigma said: English is the only language you need then again it's apparently too hard for people so maybe we should choose an easier language? To be honest, english is so far one of the easiest languages to learn since its vocabulary is quite poor compared to other languages. But in the end, the only language you need is your native one, unless you've to work outside your country of course. Not knowing English when you live in a small country with a language that barely anyone speaks outside of it can hold you back a bit. That's why English and other foreign languages are more seriously taken in places such as Scandinavia, Finland, the Netherlands, Greece, Portugal, etc. than in, let's say, the USA or France. |
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Immahnoob said: Thats only if they are extremely smart. So that does not really compare same way.traed said: Downside to robots is that they could get to rule over the world. DurrrrrrDown side to that is people would become overly reliant on it and trust it too much when its just a software that can be hacked or tampered to say the wrong translations in ways that can go as far as start wars. |
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Cowabunga said: I dunno. I'm fluent in English and from my experience with other languages, English is easy as piss. I don't understand how I know so many native speakers that don't understand/can't make an effort to learn the language.pseudoenigma said: English is the only language you need then again it's apparently too hard for people so maybe we should choose an easier language? English isn't hard at all to me and many people around the world. If it really was, do you think there'd be millions of people around the world that are fluent in it? I find French and German harder than English. And French is a lot more closely related to my native language than English is. I mean, if English is "too hard", Then what are languages such as Basque, Arabic and Mandarin? Impossible? Honestly though the people that legit think English is a hard language probably are the same ones making fun of the Chinese for their names sounding like pots and pans being dropped down the stairs. |
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pseudoenigma said: Cowabunga said: I dunno. I'm fluent in English and from my experience with other languages, English is easy as piss. I don't understand how I know so many native speakers that don't understand/can't make an effort to learn the language.English isn't hard at all to me and many people around the world. If it really was, do you think there'd be millions of people around the world that are fluent in it? I find French and German harder than English. And French is a lot more closely related to my native language than English is. I mean, if English is "too hard", Then what are languages such as Basque, Arabic and Mandarin? Impossible? Honestly though the people that legit think English is a hard language probably are the same ones making fun of the Chinese for their names sounding like pots and pans being dropped down the stairs. Rule of thumb: Most native speakers will claim that their language is harder than it actually is. Some of them will even go as far as claiming it's one of the hardest, if not the hardest, in the world. And many native speakers are illiterate and suck at applying their own language's grammar rules properly. That doesn't only happen with native English speakers. |
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| You're going to see that soon, if not already. Because of the effects of globalization, distance decay, and time-space compression, many countries are giving in on Western influence as well as its language. |
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Nanet said: You're going to see that soon, if not already. Because of the effects of globalization, distance decay, and time-space compression, many countries are giving in on Western influence as well as its language. What do you mean by "giving in on their language"? By adopting English words such as "internet" into their lexicon? That's been happening for ages now. In Japanese there's plenty of words of English and also some of Portuguese and Dutch origin. Still, most of the words are Japanese by themselves. Some foreign loanwords do not "destroy" a language. And just because people are learning different languages more these days, that doesn't mean they want to get rid of their native ones. That's not how a lingua franca works. In fact, many minority languages are getting more and more recognized lately since they're considered part of the identity of certain regions. In Portugal, Mirandese stopped being a simple dialect to become a language. In Spain, Catalan, Galician and Valenciano are now accepted as different languages instead of simple dialects of Spanish like they were during the fascist regime. In Italy, Napulitano has become protected by UNESCO and is considered a separate language from Italian. The only situations I can see what you mention happening is people from the other side of the world moving to Europe or NA and their kids only speaking English/French/wtv and not bothering to learn their parents language. But that's a whole different matter. The West might have economical influence over a large part of the world, but English is not killing any language. |
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traed said: That's the fucking point, your example is highly unlikely and so is mine. It's also a retarded argument from the future. Immahnoob said: Thats only if they are extremely smart. So that does not really compare same way.Downside to robots is that they could get to rule over the world. Durrrrrr So the analogy fits. |
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