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2412416 No.2412416 [Reply] [Original]

Why does this letter even exist?

>> No.2412419

So we can make fun of people with accents that drop it.

>> No.2412418

Without it, you sound like a brithick.

>> No.2412420

Te question is wy does tis letter even exist?

>> No.2412424
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>>2412416
Because fences.

>> No.2412431

monoligual babbies ITT

so sad

>> No.2412435

>>2412431

> Implying modern languages other than English matter.

>> No.2412452
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2412452

Wouldn't it be better if everyone on the planet just learned one language from birth?

Sure, you could have your pet linga franca in your homecountry, but I think it would make for a more free and connected world if everyone learned English from birth.

>> No.2412468

why does this thread even exist?

>> No.2412477

>>2412452
I agree with you in principle, but I feel like there are better languages out there than English.

>> No.2412478

>>2412452
>English
why is englishthe be all end all of languages.or are you just so lazy you'd rather have everyone else learn your language.

>> No.2412487

>>2412478
Because most non-english speaking businessmen must learn it.

I think having one language is a dumb fucking idea

>> No.2412486

>>2412478
English is the #1 language for business transactions and well as most international politics. It is the dominant language even if some have more speakers.

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>>2412477
>>2412478

I chose english because the most powerful nation on earth speaks english and because of the pervasiveness of the english language in other cultures (like new technologies, brand-names etc).

Also because of English's uniquely diverse origins and history, which lead it to have the largest vocabulary (i think somewhere over a million words now, according to Google).

If you can think of a better language I'm all ears. I just don't think artificial languages like Esperanto can work in this way.

>> No.2412494

how would you pronounce how or hitler.

gotcha faggot

>> No.2412500

I'm all for multicutualism(I'm not really) I'm for preservation of history.So write it down and forget it.

>> No.2412502

>>2412490
>because the most powerful nation on earth speaks english
I laughed my ass off.

>> No.2412505

>>2412487
Why do you think that?

>> No.2412506

inb4 /pol/

>> No.2412507

>>2412490
Was truman a junkie.
He looks like one.
I think Truman is sexy in that pic.
I don't think they guy that played him in the movie was sexy.

>> No.2412515

>>2412487

We are entering the era of the global society, tackling global problems; climate change, space exploration, dwindling fuel resources, global terrorism, serious technological progression, more and more interconnected economies, people can communicate/entertain/inform instantly from across the world etc.

I think the time is coming for a global language, but whether it establishes itself or not is a different story.

Personally I hope it will, and if it does English will become a far richer language for it.

>> No.2412521

The phonetic structure of English is totally bullshit, didn't you know?

>> No.2412528

>>2412478

It is also the international language for science. I found it funny that they were using it very liberally at the trilateral Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan summit. In other words, you forget diplomacy.

Also, English is the most spoken language in the world. Those statistics for most-spoken language you're looking at don't count second languages as part of the statistic. If you could first, second and third languages, English is the most spoken language in the world and it still grows every year.

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>>2412502

I'm not American, I've never set foot in the United States, but it's an objective fact that the US has the world's largest economy.

I know you love hating America, don't jump so spontaneously to voice your cheap, smirking opinions on America/Americans/Capitalism.

I do this all the time, and retards like you undermine my position and the debate itself.

>> No.2412536

Colonel.Knife.Phone.
That is all.

>> No.2412544

>>2412494
Eil Itler!

Deutcland Fuck yea!

>> No.2412545

>>2412536
THIS.

>> No.2412547

>>2412536

name me one widely used, natural language which has perfect logical rules with no exceptions.

name one.

>> No.2412552

>>2412535
Don't get your panties in a twist.
I live in the US and happen to like it but even you have to admit that tagging it "the most powerful country on earth" in 2012 and thus making it the basis of your argument about having english as the only language is a bit retarded.

>> No.2412565

>>2412536
I don't get it. Explain plz.

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>>2412552

it's not the basis, it forms part of the basis which includes several points. Read it again, baby.

And economically, culturally (and arguably politically) America still has the loudest voice in the world. Also, the most common language in the EU is English too.

I know people are going to call me a crass imperialist, but the need for a global language increases everyday and I think English, since the failure of Esperanto, has the most convincing argument.

>> No.2412571

>>2412565
Totally dumbass pronunciation.

>> No.2412575
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>>2412547

Name one.

>> No.2412582

>>2412575
>>2412547
Hindi

>> No.2412589

>>2412575
Sign language

>> No.2412593

>>2412575
I thought you were alright for a tripfag, but using an especially arrogant looking photo of hitchens with a unnecessarily confrontational and stupid comment makes you look like a proper dumas.

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>>2412582

lol nah, mate. Exceptions exist in Hindi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGoMcHNlt50

Also,
>not even half a billion total speakers

>>2412589

Which sign language?

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>>2412589

>> No.2412599

>>2412593

ignoring me is confrontational.

>> No.2412600

>>2412593

i thought it was funny.

>> No.2412614

>>2412547
spelling is completely different from the other 'rules' of a language, since spelling is a social construct whereas the rules are based on biological parameters.

that said, most spelling systems that i'm aware of follow regular spelling-to-sound correspondences; french and spanish are two examples. i've heard that Serbo-Croatian is also this way.