:two_hearts:EuphoriaApr 23, 2017
It's very interesting to me how many foreign sites have dialog boxes in English. This must be teaching people all over the world some English, whether they want to know it or not. It must be very annoying for people.
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@Euphoria Absolutely. To be honest, I didn't want to learn english, I found it ugly, but I had to during my time at university. I have now discovered that there some interesting things in english for me, as a general lover of languages and linguistics. But if I had not those interests, I would feel quite annoyed, and even angry that another language was imposed to me like that. In fact, that was the feeling that drove my hatred of english for a long time.

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Show thread:two_hearts:EuphoriaApr 23, 2017
@arcans Of course as more people all over the world learn English it makes it easier for all of us to communicate, connect with people from everywhere, and hopefully, understand one another. :D
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@Euphoria As someone who has the ability to read to some variable extent different languages (6 modern, 2 ancient, also had basic course for 3 other ancient and tried 2 constructed), I must say that I am among those who think that there's a heavy link between language and though. So, yes we would understand each other better, but through a normalization process, which means losses. Learning each other languages would be more difficult, but would also lead to a much deeper mutual understanding.
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Show thread:two_hearts:EuphoriaApr 23, 2017
I've been contemplating those loses, too, @arcans. Hopefully the benefits will far outweigh them in the end. There are languages lost literally every day. Thank goodness there are people like you to study them and keep them alive and well.
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@Euphoria I am really not sure it will outweigh the loss, but we only can live and see it.

Sadly, I don't study them. I had to read some during my time at university, and my general interest in languages made me choose some optional languages courses, but since then, I have only pursued one other language (I forgot that one, so that's 7 modern).

Going back to university to continue in that field is an idea I have, but I am engaged in enough project now. So, later, maybe…

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@arcans :D