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| Jar-ptitsa Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5900 days ago 980 posts - 1006 votes  Speaks: French*, Dutch, German | Message 41 of 49 28 May 2009 at 5:32pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I wasn't in the US or France, but I have experienced on this forum when some Americans were angry with me because I told my opinion (which is allowed and anyway I'm not anti-American) and they tell off the people and write nasty insults as well, for example Earle and Porthunol, but I didn't see a French who did this at all.what's France's sanctum sanctorum? I referred this forum, not the countries. It's not open season on this forum to criticize the US, because also when you do NOT, the Americans accuse you that you criticize. I'm fed up with those Americans who say this and immediately continue with cirticisms of Francophones, Mexicans, and all the places. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| jbbar Senior Member Belgium Joined 5802 days ago 192 posts - 210 votes Speaks: English | Message 42 of 49 28 May 2009 at 5:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Not again. Please. *sigh*
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| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5840 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 44 of 49 28 May 2009 at 6:18pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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My point is that people should think twice about making negative comments about ANY country or its' culture. (including France, Russia, China and the US to mention the countries that I have seen snides against).
If somebody nevertheless chooses to make a negative comment they should be prepared to explain their reasons instead of calling the person who challenges them "anti-[own country]. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 magister Pro Member United States Joined 6605 days ago 346 posts - 421 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Turkish, Irish Personal Language Map | Message 46 of 49 28 May 2009 at 6:51pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Haksaeng's post at the bottom of page 3 really should have been the last word here.
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| lynxrunner Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States crittercryptics.com Joined 5924 days ago 361 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Swedish, Haitian Creole | Message 47 of 49 29 May 2009 at 4:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Well, to have a mature post here...
I'm very fascinated by Hindi, but I don't have much interest in Indian culture. I'm looking up some stuff about it and I can see a lot of interesting things, but as a whole, it doesn't grab my attention as easily as Russian culture. Language-wise, Arabic is really interesting and weird and different and I love looking at how different it is from the other languages I've studied. However, it seems that a lot of the material for it is concerning religion, and as fascinating as religions are, I can't say I'm too interested in that. There aren't any cultures that I would say are 'uncool'; I prefer to think that I simply have to find something that I like about them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| orion Senior Member United States Joined 7023 days ago 622 posts - 678 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 48 of 49 29 May 2009 at 6:16am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I have never really thought about this question before. To me, to be interested in the language of a country automatically implies an interest in its culture, and vice versa. I can't really think of a country whose language I like, but whose culture I do not. There are cultures I do not like, and have therefore never really been interested in their languages.
On the other hand, there are cultures I find fascinating, but consider learning the language to be impratical (not "uncool" though). For instance, I am interested in Taoist philosophy, but would not seriously consider learning ancient classical Chinese. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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