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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Debate & Discuss => Topic started by: dmathiss on October 28, 2011, 10:29:04 am
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In my opinion I believe that the best thing we have in this world is the diversity of races, culture, customs and language. Language is the living expression of culture. The world would become much less diverse and much less interesting if there was only one language.
What do you guys think?
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English is the language that is most common for everyone. Most international business is conducted in English.
The was a movement for a time to learn and teach Esperanto as an international language... it didn't work out too well.
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The problem resides in who gets to decide what language everyone should be speaking or teaching? Should we use the most common language in the world, should we choose to create a new language, should we use a dead language, or pick straws of all the major languages of today? I don't think any single person or group of people should dictate what language a person should use or learn. If someone wants to use a different language we should let them. This also raises the question of what do we do to people who choose to use a different language? Put them in jail, warn them, or just leave them alone? If you don't punish those who choose not to use the pre-determined language then there will be no point in having a pre-determined language. Languages come together on their own. People choose to learn a certain language only because other people that they interact with use that language. They do so because other people do so, not because they are particularity forced too. One day we may see only one international language, but it should only come about naturally through the cooperation of every single human being on this earth.
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Preen out the most used languiages and use those. Let the others die out then let the big ones fight.
Leave it to mandarin and english.
Would solve so many problems, then we can start focusing on less trivial matters, such as survival as a species.
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I think that everyone should have a good grasp of the language that is native to their country...the country that they live in. Americans should all speak english and it shouldn't take a back shelf to other languages. Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Polish etc., should be the primary language in those countries. If I am going to any of those countries, for any length of time, I should make every attempt to understand as much of their language as possible.
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Research shows that the same language makes the same mind but the heart speaks the same language everywhere in the world. If we are human we share something in common in language like smile and tears. But smile is the same language every wehre. Keep smiling everyday and you will get that back too
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Have you ever heard of the tower of Babel? People used to all speak the same language and it caused bad problems. If you are not familiar with the story, you can read it in the Bible.
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No I love diversity and differences in culture, languages etc.. Even if two people speak a different language we still have the commonality of being human and having human emotions, feelings etc..
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While I certainly appreciate how English is a dominate language, read and understood even in foreign countries, different languages are just one more thing that make a place interesting. My latest vacation has been to Australia and New Zealand, and they seemed just a little less magical because the writing wasn't in funky characters (they were still awesome to visit, though!).
Some things I can do without being different in other countries: the money and electricity!!
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Have you ever heard of the tower of Babel? People used to all speak the same language and it caused bad problems. If you are not familiar with the story, you can read it in the Bible.
I thought the tower of Babel thing was punishment for the hubris of man because we attempted to build a tower to heaven. So God punished us by making so that different people couldn't understand each other, and THAT led to problems.
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I think if you live in America you should speak English, that doesnt mean you shouldnt know your native tounge as well. If an American goes to any country they all get pist because we only speak English when if we are in their country we should speak their language. I hate going to a store or restaurant and not being able to get customer service because they cant speak English.
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Have you ever heard of the tower of Babel? People used to all speak the same language and it caused bad problems. If you are not familiar with the story, you can read it in the Bible.
I thought the tower of Babel thing was punishment for the hubris of man because we attempted to build a tower to heaven. So God punished us by making so that different people couldn't understand each other, and THAT led to problems.
That's partly true. The people built the tower of Babel to make a name for themselves. (Read Genesis 11) I believe they were rebelling against God by building this tower. They were making the tower and city to glorify themselves. Perhaps they were distrusting what God had said about there never being another world-wide flood so they wanted to be above whatever the flood level would be. God knew that if they were allowed to continue, the world would very soon become just like it was before the flood. People spoke the same language and their rebellion against God was very strong because they could all communicate together. So God mixed up the languages to try to stop or at least greatly slow down the rebellion. The mixing up of languages was not primarily punishment for building the tower, but rather an attempt to break up the rebellion.
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I have two thoughts. I believe that people should be tought the language that is spoken where they live so that there would not be a communication breakdown. I also think that people should make an effert to learn the language that there grandparents speak for example if its different.
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I believe tha all ppl should learn english if in america, any other language is up to u.
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Language is a unique and important part of our identity. It is the way we interact in the world and also is the way we think to ourselves. Not all languages convey meaning the same way and in this sense if one were forced to used a different language it would destroy their identity. I think we need to see the importance of learning multiple languages from an early age only that way can we have more understanding of other cultures and it will be easier to communicate throughout the world.
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I believe tha all ppl should learn english if in america, any other language is up to u.
I agree. If I moved to some other country, I would expect to learn the language of the country I was moving to! :)
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No, I don't think there should be a one world universal language. The United States should have only one official language, though. ENGLISH! Everyone should learn it or leave.
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Our differences make us a great people.. so no i dont think we should all speak & write the same however according to our residential country and our daily living activities & working relationships we the people should make every effort to communicate with the people we encounter on a daily..
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It would be great if there was one language we could all speak so people could communicate all over the world. However, it may not work in the real world. I hope the languages that exist do not go away in favor of one language.
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Everyone already speaks the same language, it's just most people(me included) fail at it. That language is mathematics.
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Everyone already speaks the same language, it's just most people(me included) fail at it. That language is mathematics.
Is that the infamous "L + A – Z / Y" equation?
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No, I don't think there should be a one world universal language. The United States should have only one official language, though. ENGLISH! Everyone should learn it or leave.
well... puertorican pride is big 4 me. so i love being able 2 speak 2 languages.
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I don't everyone should know the same language. English is well known, but there are other languages that dominate it such as spanish and chinese. I don't know if there will be a universal language soon.
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I think that we need to understand other languages. I know even if you do not speak the same language, we still can communicate by hand gestures. I want to learn another language (maybe Spanish) , I know some french since high school.
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This has bothered me for years. Everyone who lives in a country that speaks a different language from their own should at least make an attempt to learn the language.All children and people work in the country should learn the language. Speaking the language of the country that you work and live in is a sign of respect. :wave: :peace:
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:) Well the truth is that all of us originally were meant to speak the same language, now I see language as a way to keep busy because there are never ending ways to communicate.
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It would be great if we all could learn English as our second language to make communication over the world a bit easier, but sometimes it's fun to speak in made-up sign language (frustrating but funny too)
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How sad and boring this world would be if we were all cookie cutter images of one another. Yes, I so agree with you that diversity is what makes this world a wonderful place! Although it is true that English is taught as a standard language in many countries of the world - it in many ways has caused those in English speaking countries to be a little "lazy" about learning a second language. I went to a private academy for high school. It was a requirement for graduation to take 4 years of another language. I took Latin which has helped me in many other language translations inclusive of English. In college I minored in German. Although I am not fluent in the speech/reading of the German language I know enough to go to Germany and communicate as a visitor.
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It would be nice if everyone can learn to speak another language beside English. They use to make you learn French, German and Spanish, but we need to learn the other language that other people are speaking in our nail shops and other stores.
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In my opinion I believe that the best thing we have in this world is the diversity of races, culture, customs and language. Language is the living expression of culture. The world would become much less diverse and much less interesting if there was only one language.
What do you guys think?
It really would be much less diverse and interesting, but it's a good idea we all have some form/base to be able to communicate. English is widely known, and as long as we can all get in touch with each other in one way or another, there is no problem speaking multiple languages! It's like a communicative tradition!
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Life wouldn't be fun if we could understand one another
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No I believe that there should be different languages, since each language expresses different cultures. However, there should be a universal language which would be helpful so that people of different nationalities can still communicate (such as English language).
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no there are different languages in the world to express different people and i think its beautiful that we can go a nd learn how to talk to others in different ways