Poll: One world language?

[Tsunimo]

I think we should go back to speaking Latin...
I wish i knew Latin so i could say ^that^ in Latin to help make my point

 

[SimuLord]

English is the language of capitalism and as such is as close to a default global language as we've got.

 

[mew4ever23]

Given that English is the international language for Air Traffic Control already, I think that if someone were to pick a language for the whole planet to use exclusively, it should be English.

 

[Denamic]

English would be the logical choice, but I'm a bit biased towards artificial languages.
Especially the scientific ones.
Too much context sensitive stuff in normal languages.

 

[Silbena]

It already exists and it's called English. Get with the times, guiz

 

[magicaxis]

Lojban is the perfect language - it is humans who are too flawed to bother to speak it.

 

[Viking Incognito]

Probably a simplified, streamlined version of English. Get rid of some unnecessary rules and words, like whom. Fuck whom.

Good one. I would also like to add Hereby and Henceforth to that list. Only pretentious A holse actually say those in real life.

 

[Viking Incognito]

Coming from Louisiana, I've found myself sadden by the fact that Cajun French is pretty much going to die with my grandparents' generation. It may just be a cultural dialect of French, but it was born from a history that has created the Cajun culture.

However, I'd have to say that I do believe that the world would be better off with a single global language. Removing language barriers has always been the first path to peace. I understand that many people tie their culture with their language, but I think it would help if everyone spoke the same language.

Of course I'd pick English because that is what I speak. I'm no language expert, but it always seemed that English was more adaptable, too.

WOW! ANOTHER CAJUN! AND I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE (I seem to be double posting alot tonight)

 

[lacktheknack]

It won't go to only one language. There will always be two or three major ones (Mandarin, English, possibly Spanish).

 

[yamitami]

Pika pika pika pika pika pika

Charmander char!

 

[Blobpie]

The British empire was a VERY large empire my friend, there are very few places that were not touched by it.

 

[Demongeneral109]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
I think that should clear things up.

It does.. believe me, that was a deep and interesting theory you just proposed there..wow
Also, is it okay if I declare my love for you for having Shana as our avatar?

 

[Paksenarrion]

Pika pika pika pika pika pika

Psy-ai-ai...duck?

OT: Basic, otherwise known as Galactic Standard.

 

[rapidoud]

Anyone who voted English plain and simple is a dumbass. Why not pick the most popular language? English is also one of the hardest languages to learn.

But of course, being an americanised forum, a lot of people here are stupidly biased.

 

[deonte9109]

Anyone who voted English plain and simple is a dumbass. Why not pick the most popular language? English is also one of the hardest languages to learn.

But of course, being an americanised forum, a lot of people here are stupidly biased.

You know there are a lot of English folk (and I mean England, UK, British, etc) on here. It should that because this is primarily an english speaking site that everyone chooses english. If this was a spanish speaking or french site then im sure we would all say sapnish or french respectively.

OT: It should be a system where a new language is introduced slowly so that the older generations can still operate but the newer generations will dominate with the new language.

 

[Wintermoot]

US English its well spread and not hard to learn

I would disagree, British English is used in the Commonwealth and the European Union rather than American English.

The only nations I know to teach it's people American English are Asian ones.

what I meant by that is that most things in English come from the US making it better spread than any other language

 

[maswell]

We tried that once - Tower of Babel.

It's not going to happen.

 

[epikAXE]

As a person who is interested in linguistics (but bad at languages ) I vote for no world language xD

 

[Yossarian1507]

Am I the only one who thought about Orwell's '1984' after reading the topic title?

 

[klakkat]

I don't think I'll survive long enough to see a single world language (unless you count the C derivatives). So, no. English is the closest at this point, but that doesn't mean it'll win.