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| Carisma Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5623 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 25 of 76 07 July 2009 at 3:58am | IP Logged | |||||
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This brings an interesting argument I had with a friend to my memory. My friend dreams
of being the president of Argentina (quite ambitious, but well, let her alone) and says she doesn't need to speak English to do so. And I was like... Are you crazy? If you ever want to travel, English is essential. But she was convinced that she didn't need to speak English, and that she could deal with the US and other English-speaking countries through interpreters. I said that I still thought that it was impossible that somebody who didn't speak English could be president of Argentina. Then she said that Obama didn't speak any other language. I didn't know at that time that Barack Obama does speak Indonesian, and that obviously counts as other language. My class mates often tell me that English is not important, and I always argue with them. It does hurt me, taking in account that I take six weekly hours of classes (apart from school) and am constantly practising. But I know that they are only jealous in the bottom of their hearts because they don't speak English really well. Edited by Carisma on 07 July 2009 at 4:02am 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| icing_death Senior Member United States Joined 5862 days ago 296 posts - 302 votes Speaks: English* | Message 26 of 76 07 July 2009 at 5:39am | IP Logged | |||||
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First I kill them, then I explain why they are wrong. Some days it just pays to be a sword.
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| LtM Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5861 days ago 130 posts - 223 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 27 of 76 07 July 2009 at 6:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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With some forum members, it's difficult to tell whether they are male or female.
With you, icing death, it's not much of a stretch... ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Tupiniquim Senior Member Brazil Joined 6084 days ago 184 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: English, Russian | Message 28 of 76 07 July 2009 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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. Edited by Tupiniquim on 31 July 2009 at 11:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6235 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 29 of 76 07 July 2009 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
Well, Lula said that anyone who speaks other languages, especially English, is stupid and arrogant......the fact is that that fool wants his popularity among poorer to step up just coming up with such bullshits.....however, he's flying to Paris to spend some romantic days with his gross wife without having meetings with Sarkozy....hella contradition, no? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| GoingGoingGone Newbie United States Joined 5669 days ago 28 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Swedish, Mandarin | Message 30 of 76 07 July 2009 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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One thing I am really bothered by is when someone does the best they can with a foreign language overseas and the natives are insulted that you don't have a perfect accent, so they want to speak in your language with their imperfect accent - like it's OK for your language to be "butchered" but not theirs... Everyone should be happy that others choose to learn their language, over all the other languages they could have chosen to learn instead, and appreciate the effort. But I think it's really arrogant when someone thinks anyone who speaks their language should do it with a perfect accent but when they speak someone else's it doesn't have to be. As for how I'd feel if someone said my language was "ugly" I would be offended. Every language has elements that others would consider odd - it is a matter of perspective. For example, I don't understand why things should have a gender if they are not living creatures with an actual gender, but I wouldn't insult someone's language just because they use genders. I just let it be baffling to me and respect the fact that it makes sense to them. The only "language" I think is ugly is insults... in any language... Edited by GoingGoingGone on 07 July 2009 at 5:23pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6660 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 31 of 76 07 July 2009 at 7:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've never believed that large numbers of people were learning English because it's so beautiful or musical. I think that any language is more beautiful when it is spoken well and uglier when it is spoken badly.
I used to think German was awfully harsh and guttural, and then a native speaker shared some German poetry with me. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kyrie Senior Member United States clandestein.deviantaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5730 days ago 207 posts - 231 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese | Message 32 of 76 07 July 2009 at 11:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm not insulted at all. I know American English isn't the prettiest language.
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