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To all the tourists that want to stop people from talking to each other in order to have the vague aesthetic feeling that "the world is diverse" or whatever flo
by MrPatan 12y ago
To all the tourists that want to stop people from talking to each other in order to have the vague aesthetic feeling that "the world is diverse" or whatever floats your tourist boat: Why don't you go and do that with your own child?
Go on, raise them in a language that will limit their life choices and potential. See how that works for them. Then have them tell us how that went. Oh, sorry, that won't happen so easily, now, would it?
"Linguistic diversity" Is just another way to say "Communication barriers".
Funny how is is always something that should happen to other people.
- Dylan16807 12y agoI would agree with you if it wasn't easy to learn five languages as a child.
- EdwardDiego 12y ago> raise them in a language that will limit their life choices and potential. False dilemma. You can raise a bilingual child, in no way limiting their life choices and potential. In fact, there is evidence that suggests that bilingualism provides cognitive benefits later in life.
- waqf 12y agoYou're a false dilemma. Raising a child bilingual in English and Mandarin, good. Raising a child bilingual in Gaelic and Navajo, not so good.
- EdwardDiego 12y agoAnother false dilemma. Raise a child bilingual in English and Navajo, nothing bad. Gee, why did you omit _that_ combination?
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- Grue3 12y agoWell, there was this one guy who singlehandedly revived the Hebrew language by teaching his children to speak it. It worked pretty well for him.