Poll: One world language... that isn't yours.
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Esperanto. Why settle for an existing language that's been cobbled together over centuries when we could go for one that was designed to be simple to learn and logically structured?
Plus we'd all be new to it, so there's no smug pricks who had it "first".
Plus we'd all be new to it, so there's no smug pricks who had it "first".
I would say French but i wouldn't want to give them the satisfaction... not German because its not a terribly creative language. Of the remainder I like the sound of spoken Russian the most so I voted Russian.
dost vedanya.
dost vedanya.
I say Japanese. I like the way the language sounds. Sure, the sentence structure is highly unorthodox (often going subject -> object -> verb as opposed to subject -> verb -> object like most other languages), but it's really not that hard to learn.
And I second Esperanto. Sure, it may seem like the poor man's Latin, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
And I second Esperanto. Sure, it may seem like the poor man's Latin, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
What?Serenegoose said:oh man, Dutch. All kinds of voting for Dutch. I don't know why, but I love that language, and I don't know how to speak it.
Seriously?
Klinkt dit echt zo interessant dan? Misschien wel een beetje eigenlijk.
Any sentence is instantly cooler if said in a foreign language so maybe it does.
You know, I'd like to change my vote to Flemish.
Esperanto is no good, too small a vocab, its not meant as a primary language but just as a common secondary language.SageRuffin said:I say Japanese. I like the way the language sounds. Sure, the sentence structure is highly unorthodox (often going subject -> object -> verb as opposed to subject -> verb -> object like most other languages), but it's really not that hard to learn.
And I second Esperanto. Sure, it may seem like the poor man's Latin, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
It's still in there- since nobody has voted for it it hasn't appeared in the results. I also use it as an umbrella term- it can be taken to mean Cantonese, Mandarin, or any other of the smaller subdivision dialects.RocksW said:
I didn't make the other one, though one look at the results of the other one convinced me to make this one.Senaro said:
Chinese(Mandarin), because they're already one of a fastest growing economies in the world. It's only a matter of time until they squash the US altogether.
There's been a saying that like how the 19th century was the "English century" and how the 20th century was the "American century", the 21st century will become the "Asian century."
There's been a saying that like how the 19th century was the "English century" and how the 20th century was the "American century", the 21st century will become the "Asian century."
I think Swedish would be good, because of the emphasis their culture puts on science. Otherwise Latin or some other dead language would be good, because a universal language just wouldn't work if some currently spoken language were chosen. Any country that already spoke the language would probably get a superiority complex.
I'll reiterate. I don't speak it, so I have no idea what you just said!Vortigar said:What?Serenegoose said:oh man, Dutch. All kinds of voting for Dutch. I don't know why, but I love that language, and I don't know how to speak it.
Seriously?
Klinkt dit echt zo interessant dan? Misschien wel een beetje eigenlijk.
Any sentence is instantly cooler if said in a foreign language so maybe it does.
You know, I'd like to change my vote to Flemish.
But seriously, it's my favourite language! Dutch people never believe me though, but I think that's because it's not a stereotypical language 'that english speakers love' like French or Japanese or Spanish, so to them it's just the mundane language they speak, nothing to it. It's hard to imagine being mad at someone whilst they speak dutch to you though. It's a nice language.
I'd vote English but OP was very inconsiderable...
So I chose Russian. I love the way it sounds even though I don't know it.
So I chose Russian. I love the way it sounds even though I don't know it.
I voted Chinese just because it's the one that is most likely to actually happen.
But if I were to vote for the language I would most like to listen to, it would have to be Japanese.
But if I were to vote for the language I would most like to listen to, it would have to be Japanese.
Well shit.Continuity said:Esperanto is no good, too small a vocab, its not meant as a primary language but just as a common secondary language.SageRuffin said:I say Japanese. I like the way the language sounds. Sure, the sentence structure is highly unorthodox (often going subject -> object -> verb as opposed to subject -> verb -> object like most other languages), but it's really not that hard to learn.
And I second Esperanto. Sure, it may seem like the poor man's Latin, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
You'd so HATE German. ^.^Tasachan said:
I vote for either English or Esperanto.
EDIT: Okay, screw that, I say D'ni or Lojban!
One of my many, many ambitions is to teach English in Japan, so I think Japanese would help me greatly.
It's one of the few accents I like too.
It's one of the few accents I like too.