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Maybe it'd be better if everybody used English Or maybe not? hard to say
by tester756 4y ago
Maybe it'd be better if everybody used English
Or maybe not? hard to say
- mrtranscendence 4y agoThe one-language world has been a recurring dream over the centuries, but it's only in the past century that we've been really verging on a truly universal lingua franca. But even now most people in the world still don't speak standard American or UK English with native fluency, so I think regional languages will be stickier than some people give them credit for. Minority languages will continue to die out, but that's not necessarily the fault of English (except in some cases, e.g. Irish or Native American languages). Rather, existing regional languages crowd out minority ones.
- dotancohen 4y ago> Maybe it'd be better if everybody used English How about everybody just speak Arabic or Chinese? And we can all pray towards Mecca while we're at it, that would guarantee world peace, no? One single world culture, no diversity, right? Just so long as it's _your_ culture?
- tester756 4y agoWhat do you mean by "your"? English is not my native language I just believe that learning so popular language like english brings so many benefits, that it'd be interesting to see what would happen if whole world used one language
- dotancohen 4y agoI meant the proverbial "your". Out of curiosity, what is your language? Is it tied to your local culture as well? I'm honestly interested in hearing an alternative point of view.
- tester756 4y agoMy native language is Polish and yea, my local culture is full of it. Meanwhile english gives so many opportunities to learn, to advance in career, to explore stuff, etc. that I'd be hard without it.