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The language thread.
2005-03-12, 9:33 AM #1
Okay. If you could choose just one foreign language to be planted in your mind (without the time and effort to learn it), what would it be? Like instantly uploading "knowledge" in the Matrix movies.

Probably I would choose Japanese or Chinese. I can't decide. :(
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2005-03-12, 9:34 AM #2
I'd pick a Bristish English.

That way I can stop brushing my teeth!
2005-03-12, 9:34 AM #3
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2005-03-12, 9:35 AM #4
German....so I could finally figure out what my Dad and Grandpa are rambling about...without the effort to learn it....
Lower than grass My light began, Into the Heavens Soon it ran: Here between Earth And space I shine, My fallen dust The twin to thine-Star that I was, Star that I am, Star I shall be My name is human.
2005-03-12, 9:35 AM #5
Finnish... because it seems cool
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2005-03-12, 9:35 AM #6
Quote:
Originally posted by Echoman
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A rather poor pun. :P


PS, I miss ninja edits. Bring them back.
2005-03-12, 9:43 AM #7
Japanese, not because I particularly care about Japan, or particularly want to speaj it, but because it's apparently the hardest to learn, so if I ever had to, I wouldn't have to learn it.
2005-03-12, 9:46 AM #8
Dutch.
Coolest language ever.
2005-03-12, 9:47 AM #9
Quote:
Originally posted by Rob
A rather poor pun. :P


PS, I miss ninja edits. Bring them back.

The ninja's live. You just don't know they're there. >.>

I would prol' want Klingon! :D

No, out of all seriousness, it would be a tough one between German and Spanish. German because it sounds cool and I love some of the words, and Spanish because of its growing usefulness in this country (US).
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2005-03-12, 9:49 AM #10
Russian
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2005-03-12, 9:53 AM #11
German or Russian. I cant decide.
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2005-03-12, 9:57 AM #12
Elvish. I would also force all of my friends to pick Elvish, and we'd have our own language thing
2005-03-12, 10:01 AM #13
I would want to speak German simply because I love the sound of it, but I'd probably go with Spanish because of its wider utility.
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2005-03-12, 10:04 AM #14
Most certainly Japanese. Although Chinese might also be interesting.

Quote:
Originally posted by Genki
Finnish... because it seems cool

...
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2005-03-12, 10:19 AM #15
Gunganese
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2005-03-12, 10:22 AM #16
Japanese.
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2005-03-12, 10:22 AM #17
Quote:
Originally posted by kyle90
Gunganese

Then I would have to kill you.
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2005-03-12, 10:26 AM #18
Quote:
Originally posted by Connection Problem
Elvish. I would also force all of my friends to pick Elvish, and we'd have our own language thing


constructed out of lesser nerds...
2005-03-12, 10:26 AM #19
Chinese or Portuguese
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2005-03-12, 10:26 AM #20
Quote:
Finnish has longer and better swear words than any other language.
heheheh
Holy soap opera Batman. - FGR
DARWIN WILL PREVENT THE DOWNFALL OF OUR RACE. - Rob
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2005-03-12, 10:31 AM #21
Quote:
Originally posted by Mikus
constructed out of lesser nerds...


It's the uber-nerd!
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2005-03-12, 10:37 AM #22
Quote:
Originally posted by FastGamerr
Japanese.
2005-03-12, 10:41 AM #23
German - I am taking it in school, so I already know some of it, but to be fluent would be awesome... It is the most common language in Europe, and it is simply sounds the coolest, too.
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2005-03-12, 11:43 AM #24
Quote:
Originally posted by FastGamerr
Japanese.
2005-03-12, 11:47 AM #25
Esperanto
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2005-03-12, 11:49 AM #26
Spanish - So I can read my Grandfather's books and know what a little less than half of my family is talking about.
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2005-03-12, 11:52 AM #27
What? It sounds the coolest by far. What if it's name wasn't elvish, but instead TROBGLUNK, or CRUNKSPEEK. Then would it be cool?
2005-03-12, 11:52 AM #28
German or Latin.

With German, it sounds so cool. But Latin is the basis of a lot of languages, and would help you learn them (french, spanish).

Tough choice.
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2005-03-12, 2:03 PM #29
Quote:
Originally posted by Mikus
Japanese, not because I particularly care about Japan, or particularly want to speaj it, but because it's apparently the hardest to learn, so if I ever had to, I wouldn't have to learn it.


I think Chinese (traditional form) is harder to learn, but I'm not sure.
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2005-03-12, 2:11 PM #30
Russian. Just because no matter what you say, you sound pissed off.
2005-03-12, 2:15 PM #31
German or French.
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2005-03-12, 2:33 PM #32
Quote:
Originally posted by Stinkywrix
Dutch.
Coolest language ever.

yes.
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2005-03-12, 2:57 PM #33
I would either choose Japenese because I love the culture and I want to travel there maybe even live there for a year or two or German so I can understand Rammstein and my uncle at times.
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2005-03-12, 3:26 PM #34
Probably a romance language other than french.
2005-03-12, 3:33 PM #35
vogon. only because we're writing poetry in american literature.
2005-03-12, 3:40 PM #36
Hebrew. Because I want to have the fun of "manually" learning Japanese for myself.

...and the sad thing is, I'm not sarcastic at all.

And whoever said Elvish, I assume you meant one of Tolkien's languages, so I'll point out that there are actually two: Sindarin and Quenya. (In addition to Adunaic, Khuzdul, the Black Speech, and so on... but the first two are the Elven languages.)

If you're really interested in made-up languages, you might want to check out the conlang listserv at http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/conlang.html --- note, though, that it's for the discussion of personal/art/whatever languages (like Quenya), not international languages like Esperanto.

Back to the original topic, I might say German, too, but since I'm already halfway there anyway, I'd rather pick a language I don't know at all.
2005-03-12, 3:58 PM #37
...Gaelic or Welsh because they sound the coolest.
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2005-03-12, 4:08 PM #38
Mandarin is probably going to be the most useful in 20 or 30 years.
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2005-03-12, 4:12 PM #39
Spanish or Japanese.
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2005-03-12, 4:35 PM #40
Quote:
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
German or Latin....
Woops, I forgot about Latin.


Yeah, I gotta go with the Latin...
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
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