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| breadboy Newbie United States Joined 7092 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes | Message 49 of 119 01 October 2005 at 6:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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There are only 4 reasons: Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, and Wagner.
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| Paul Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7122 days ago 114 posts - 124 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, German Studies: Italian | Message 50 of 119 01 October 2005 at 7:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
Are there any languages you actually like? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| bdb Newbie United States Joined 6993 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes | Message 51 of 119 03 October 2005 at 11:03am | IP Logged | |||||
Plenty, including German. How did you take that as some sort of negative? Each of those 4 are responsible for some of the greatest music the world has ever heard, I hardly think it's a negative to say they are the primary reason for learning a language. I'm learning Italian now just to understand most operas. I'm sure it would be wonderful to visit Italy, but I think thats a bit of a strech. Simply put, there isn't much economic use for Italian (or German for that matter), but I don't really care. I can learn everything I need with English, it's only art that demands a second language (at least in my case). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Giordano Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7175 days ago 213 posts - 218 votes 3 sounds Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Cantonese, Greek | Message 52 of 119 03 October 2005 at 7:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
Germany is Europe's largest economy and third in the World. Edited by Giordano on 03 October 2005 at 7:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| orion Senior Member United States Joined 7022 days ago 622 posts - 678 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 53 of 119 05 October 2005 at 9:42am | IP Logged | |||||
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My old boss learned German so he could listen to operas while in Koln. Outside the arts and economics, the Germans continue to excel in the sciences too. I have found a reading knowledge of German helpful, even if most German scientists publish in English-based journals. Many of the older papers have not been translated into English.
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| Giordano Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7175 days ago 213 posts - 218 votes 3 sounds Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Cantonese, Greek | Message 54 of 119 05 October 2005 at 6:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Orion, that reminds me of someone I know who learned German just for access to the extensive research available only in that language in the fields of nutrition and fitness.
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| Frosty Newbie United States Joined 7053 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes | Message 55 of 119 12 October 2005 at 11:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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Interesting discussion, everyone. It's very enlightening to hear so many different points of view. For some others, here's a detailed discussion of 12 reasons why someone might decide to learn German these days:
http://www.vistawide.com/German/why_German.htm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7105 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes 2 sounds | Message 56 of 119 12 October 2005 at 12:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
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For some reason that link didn't work, here it is without the capitalisation:
http://www.vistawide.com/German/why_German.htm That's a nice writeup, thanks for telling us about it. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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