Many Voices

[Unkotare]

So, it occurs to me that in the last twenty minutes everyone in my family communicated in three different languages, while I was reading in another. Everyone understood each other, and we barely noticed the transitions. The inevitable march of the future.

 

[Unkotare]

The world is losing languages at an alarming rate, but at the same time becoming more multilingual. Ironic.

 

[DGS49]

As a frequent international traveler I've learned that almost everyone that one interacts with overseas speaks English, at least conversationally.

Like it or not, English is the second language of the Western World. No one in Europe can call himself "educated" unless s/he can at least get by in English.

Which is not to say that language instruction has no value, but there are few experiences more frustrating than to try to speak a few words of, say Italian in Italy, and have the person you are talking to just respond in fluent English.

 

[Unkotare]

As a frequent international traveler I've learned that almost everyone that one interacts with overseas speaks English, at least conversationally.

Like it or not, English is the second language of the Western World. No one in Europe can call himself "educated" unless s/he can at least get by in English.

Which is not to say that language instruction has no value, but there are few experiences more frustrating than to try to speak a few words of, say Italian in Italy, and have the person you are talking to just respond in fluent English.

Your insecurity is your problem.

 

[Unkotare]

As a frequent international traveler I've learned that almost everyone that one interacts with overseas speaks English, at least conversationally.

Like it or not, English is the second language of the Western World. No one in Europe can call himself "educated" unless s/he can at least get by in English.

Which is not to say that language instruction has no value, but there are few experiences more frustrating than to try to speak a few words of, say Italian in Italy, and have the person you are talking to just respond in fluent English.

Maybe you should learn some more Italian.

 

[Unkotare]

And right at this moment, my students are taking a test of English language skills.

 

[TheParser]

(1) People from other cultures really are touched if you speak their languages.

(2) I recently discovered a YouTube star called xiaoma. (I think that means "little horse" in Mandarin Chinese.)

(3) He is a brilliant New Yorker who really has an ear for languages. He goes into shops and restaurants to astonish the employees with his ability to speak in their language.

(4) If you have time, check him out on YouTube.

 

[Unkotare]

I have found that people really like it if you appreciate the food associated with their culture.

 

[Unkotare]

And right at this moment, my students are taking a test of English language skills.

I get the feeling they did very well.

 

[pal]

So, it occurs to me that in the last twenty minutes everyone in my family communicated in three different languages, while I was reading in another. Everyone understood each other, and we barely noticed the transitions. The inevitable march of the future.

In my head or when I breathe air, I hear a secret voice/voices I know are other political forces. I don’t want to mention the names of more voices because that breaks the rules, and I don’t want to mention my name because that breaks the rules. But I know voices, their political struggle they interpret a racist, 15 to 25 communists want to take revenge on a white person, and it's also hip hop thinking about revenge. A voice distance stop my eat traditions I becomes weaker.

Christians want hockey for me Christians only threaten a sport soccer fan if I don’t watch hockey on TV. Christians, however, are not voices, Christians come close.

I am not allowed to think that the foreign sport soccer is what Christians believe.

 

[pal]

And right at this moment, my students are taking a test of English language skills.

For twenty years I heard a voice. The political forces came after Sweden's 2018 election campaign. I voted for an anti-immigration party.

 

[pal]

Racists and Nazis want hockey to me.

Immigrants are doing nothing against it.

 

[Unkotare]

In my head or when I breathe air, I hear a secret voice/voices I know are other political forces. I don’t want to mention the names of more voices because that breaks the rules, and I don’t want to mention my name because that breaks the rules. But I know voices, their political struggle they interpret a racist, 15 to 25 communists want to take revenge on a white person, and it's also hip hop thinking about revenge. A voice distance stop my eat traditions I becomes weaker.

Christians want hockey for me Christians only threaten a sport soccer fan if I don’t watch hockey on TV. Christians, however, are not voices, Christians come close.

I am not allowed to think that the foreign sport soccer is what Christians believe.

 

[Woodznutz]

As a frequent international traveler I've learned that almost everyone that one interacts with overseas speaks English, at least conversationally.

Like it or not, English is the second language of the Western World. No one in Europe can call himself "educated" unless s/he can at least get by in English.

Which is not to say that language instruction has no value, but there are few experiences more frustrating than to try to speak a few words of, say Italian in Italy, and have the person you are talking to just respond in fluent English.

God 'confused' the languages at the time of Nimrod so mankind wouldn't construct something that rivaled him in the mind of man. Between the ToE and AI we have built an even taller "tower of Babel" to worship.

Katy bar the door!

 

[braalian]

The world is losing languages at an alarming rate, but at the same time becoming more multilingual. Ironic.

One explanation could be that the rise in multilingualism is mostly the result of more and more people learning English as a second language

I mean, knowing your native language plus English counts as being multilingual

I think it’s a safe bet that any rise in multilingualism isn’t a result of native English speakers learning a second language

 

[braalian]

In my head or when I breathe air, I hear a secret voice/voices I know are other political forces. I don’t want to mention the names of more voices because that breaks the rules, and I don’t want to mention my name because that breaks the rules. But I know voices, their political struggle they interpret a racist, 15 to 25 communists want to take revenge on a white person, and it's also hip hop thinking about revenge. A voice distance stop my eat traditions I becomes weaker.

Christians want hockey for me Christians only threaten a sport soccer fan if I don’t watch hockey on TV. Christians, however, are not voices, Christians come close.

I am not allowed to think that the foreign sport soccer is what Christians believe.

Crack is one hell of a drug

 

[Woodznutz]

Crack is one hell of a drug

Especially when gazing at yer navel.

 

[DGS49]

I worked for a few years for a company that was headquartered in Luxembourg.

Children in Luxembourg mainly speak Luxembourgish (a recently-resurrected language), and by the time they finish what we could think of as "high school" they have studied French, German, and English. I was told that the students hate it.

In my company, almost all of the Luxembourgish staff people knew at least one additional language, as well as English, German and French. There were internal communications in all three languages, and they were presumed to be fluent in all. (The Germans and French generally did not speak Luxembourgish, and the locals took advantage of that).

With all of these cunning linguists in the company, they still had to provide language instruction when someone would be reassigned to a country that required it. Most often it was Spanish. One guy I worked with had to learn Portuguese to take a position in Brazil. But while I was there, they published a new policy that they would no longer offer language instruction for employees over 35 years old. They considered it a waste of time and effort.

It was all Greek to me. Everyone spoke fluent English - amazingly fluent to me. They could review legal documents and never skip a beat.

 

[pal]

Nobody cares?

Is a God or a prophet behind the disease voices or are atheists behind the voices???

 

[Unkotare]

Nobody cares?

Is a God or a prophet behind the disease voices or are atheists behind the voices???

??????????