what would you make Earth's official language?
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Well I'm from Finland and I did have the chance to study a bit the languange but more about the culture a few year back when still in school but didn't take the course, a few friends did thou so I also read through some of their papers to get more info on the country. That knowledge is long gone now I suppose -.-aba1 said:
As someone who knows both, I would say that English and German are about equal in terms of grammar. English has all of the small details, but German has noun genders and the dative case. The dative case is the most fucking useless abomination in spoken language.MrStab said:
I would have to go with Elvish, Dragon Rider or English.
Because the first two sound awesome and the last one is the easiest to learn...since I already know it.
Because the first two sound awesome and the last one is the easiest to learn...since I already know it.
Having taken latin for four years, I can honestly say it's the hardest fucking subject I've ever had to do...the fact that people on this forum want it to be the official language of earth is very disconcerting for me, especially because no other western language can really match it's complexity...so please I'm asking you to really re-think what you want in case this discussion ever makes headway.
O TEMPORA O MORES!
OT: I really really hope English becomes earth's official language.
O TEMPORA O MORES!
OT: I really really hope English becomes earth's official language.
Heh, I remember reading an old Asimov short story told from the point of view of some aliens. They landed on Earth and had talks with the world leaders, who spoke esperanto. Look how things have changed.
Oh dear god no. My mother teaches finnish to immigrants and if her words are anything to go by it's a complete pain in the ass to learn. All the words bend in an endless amount of ways that often don't make any sense, we might as well go with mandarin.BENZOOKA said:
I mean the longest finnish word I know is "olemassaolemattomuudestaansakkin". THAT HAS TWO WORDS IN IT. TWO. The normal form of the word only has 19 letters. (it means "from/about his/her/it's inexistence as well")
I'd say english. It's not THAT hard to learn, it sounds pretty plesent and it's fun to sing in.
Plus for all intents and purpouses it IS earths official language allready.
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Parseltongue yet, especially to hear everyone trying repeatedly to say one word. And then there's that one friend that's fluent.
English would have to win for all the reasons already stated.
I'd agree with Fudge40, as a C# programmer, and we'd be able to let some of the Java programmers in, and look down on VB.Net programmers.
English would have to win for all the reasons already stated.
I'd agree with Fudge40, as a C# programmer, and we'd be able to let some of the Java programmers in, and look down on VB.Net programmers.
I am mainly Afrikaans, but my English is still better than 80% of anyone who attended a public school. I've actually thought of a similar idea and maybe try a mash up of the European languages and maybe a few others, like Afrikaans.
I've always found it odd that the English language doesn't have separate words for your "close" family, i.e. mom, dad etc. and the people with whom you share a recognized common ancestor. Also, European languages are quite beautiful and fill some serious gaps too.
I've always found it odd that the English language doesn't have separate words for your "close" family, i.e. mom, dad etc. and the people with whom you share a recognized common ancestor. Also, European languages are quite beautiful and fill some serious gaps too.
Probably be English, seeing as in a lot of other countries children are taught English as a second language at a young age, where as most English speaking children never learn another language.
Esperanto was a good idea in theory but it was doomed to fail because it has no culture behind it, it was grown in a lab.
Esperanto was a good idea in theory but it was doomed to fail because it has no culture behind it, it was grown in a lab.
Icelandic would become the supreme language among mankind, for it is an amazing language. If for some reason I couldn't do that, I would either make it Swahili, Finnish, or Ancient Sumerian.
EDIT: But in all seriousness for a hypothetical question, I would either choose to make a new language or to simply refuse the power to change the linguistic map.
EDIT: But in all seriousness for a hypothetical question, I would either choose to make a new language or to simply refuse the power to change the linguistic map.