Monolingual

[Anonymous No.11176452]

What does it feel like to be limited to a single language?

[Anonymous No.11176457]

>>11176452
im trying to learn nip so i can go get a waifu
its going okay i think

[Anonymous No.11176463]

>>11176452
Fine

[Anonymous No.11176482]

>>11176452
>Needing to know multiple languages just to talk with his fellow countrymen.

Imagine being this inefficient. No wonder science only speaks English.

[Anonymous No.11176510]

>>11176452
good, everytime I see a polyglot or a european complaining about america I grow more powerful

[Anonymous No.11176527]

>>11176452
I feel guilty and stupid.

[Anonymous No.11176954]

>>11176452
Pretty bad.

I want to learn French, Russian, and Mandarin, in that order. These are the most utilitarian imo.

If I had lots of time on my hands, I'd learn Scottish, Norwegian, and Swiss-German too, because I love these places very much.

[Anonymous No.11177037]

>>11176954
But everyone can, pretty much speak English.

[Anonymous No.11177048]

>>11177037
Are you mocking me?
I used all my commas correctly.

[Anonymous No.11177061]

>>11177048
No. They are always changing the rules on that stuff. We shouldn't care. I was tempted to ise another but(,) less is more.

[Anonymous No.11177101]

>>11177061
Oh ok lol.
>>11177037
Yeah, most people can speak english too. The scandinavian states for instance are almost perfectly multilingual.

But I still think it's important (both psychologically and culturally) for english-speakers to commit to another language.

Language is an aspect of culture. In a culture-less environment, it's neccesary to return to your roots.
Imagine all the whites in America learning German, and feeling pride instead of guilt to be who they are.

[Anonymous No.11177362]

>>11176452
Don't worry, the Spanish language has taken over many parts of the United States

[Anonymous No.11177379]

>>11176452

I'm fluent in English so this causes me no distress whatever, especially since the bilingual people I interact with on a routine basis are vastly inferior to myself. Thread'll be pruned shortly.

[Anonymous No.11177380]

I can speak 2 languages OK and 2 badly.
I can only read English comfortably. It's kind of sad. English is my best language and there's people way better than me at English while knowing more languages than me. Is it nature or nurture?

[Anonymous No.11177520]

>>11176452
I be speaking Ebonics and the white man's English. So I bilingual.

[Anonymous No.11177527]

>>11177520
based nigger

[Anonymous No.11177600]

>>11177101
Maybe some will present interesting arguments but, as an American, it isn't easy. There is not much need to speak another language and little opportunity to practice. My blood is german but I can't read seventeenletterwords. I can pickup on conversations in other languages; Japanese and Spanish to the point that I can completely understand half the time or maybe even crack a joke. Everyone I come in contact with can speak English good enough that I don't need to speak their language. In the future, I predict one main language that is centered around English. What you say is true. I have self studied a little german but can't have no chance to strengthen it.

I'd like to hear the answer to >>11177380
Also.

[Anonymous No.11177614]

>>11176954
French is not hard to learn. Just start learning it.

[Anonymous No.11177616]

>>11176452
I am an American and I speak American. Fuck other languages.

[Anonymous No.11177622]

>>11176452
Who here speaks 4 or more, like a chad?

[Anonymous No.11177672]

>>11177616
based retard

[Anonymous No.11177683]

i don't speak any foreign languages XD

[Anonymous No.11177707]

>>11177616
What is the difference between American and English? Besides Americans spell wrong and English can't talk right.

[Anonymous No.11177710]

>>11176457
Same bro, just posted this on /biz/.

Hey /adv/, I have a question about girls. I am STEM major taking Japanese as a minor. We recently learned how to ask people to do things together. I want to ask one of my teachers to go to a restaurant she likes, that I also like (She's a grad student). Is it socially acceptable to ask my teacher out on a date?

[Anonymous No.11177728]

>>11177707
Americans call a lift a "elevator"
Americans call chips "french fries"
Americans call the boot of a car the "trunk"
Americans call a jumper a "sweater"
Americans call an upsy-stairsy the "escalator"
Americans call an aeroplane an "airplane"
Americans call a bison a "buffalo"
Americans call crisps "chips"
Americans call motorized rollinghams "cars"

[Anonymous No.11177732]

>>11176452
It feels great.
>>11177101
>But I still think it's important (both psychologically and culturally)
Keep dreaming, Pierre.
>>11177614
What for?

[Anonymous No.11177755]

>>11177728
Helping to prove my point.
What stupid words.

[Anonymous No.11177759]

Out of curiosity what country wins the most nobel prizes in physics?

[Anonymous No.11177760]

>>11176452
I'm an American who only spoke one language until I was 18, then learned a second language and 8 years later I am perfectly fluent.

[Anonymous No.11177764]

>>11176452
>What does it feel like to be limited to a single language?
Depends on the language; I only speak English but that's totally fine since fucking everyone speaks English
If I was a disgusting third worlder who only spoke Portuguese or Russian or some shit then I'd feel bad about it

[Anonymous No.11177773]

What languages are most useful for physics?

[Anonymous No.11177780]

>>11177773
English is the most useful for all scientific fields.

[Anonymous No.11177784]

>>11177760
Was the second language English? American doesn't count as a language.

[Anonymous No.11177786]

I speak english and schematic diagram

[Anonymous No.11177822]

>>11177784
We speak better English. We should take that eponym from your people.

[Anonymous No.11177825]

>>11176452
I can't tell anon

[Anonymous No.11177876]

>>11176452
I speak English as my first language, a bit of French and a bit of Arabic. It is completely useless to learn other languages. Why? Because you'll never reach the level of sophistication you have with your primary language. Learning new languages is only good for getting locals to do things for you, or to ask for directions.

[Anonymous No.11177907]

>>11176452
I feel like a brainlet for only knowing two desu. Hence learning Russian currently, then maybe Chinese if there's time.

[Anonymous No.11177908]

>>11177876
This is false. I speak English as my second language, but due to the sheer amount of exposure I've had to it I'm more proficient at it than i am my native language.
Granted i took years 10-13 at a British school.

[Anonymous No.11178262]

>>11176452
What's it like not knowing 20 different programming languages? Oh I'm sorry anon did you say can't even read one? Enjoy being poor anon. CS gigachads win again

[Anonymous No.11178270]

Without the WWII, universal language should have been French.

[Anonymous No.11178292]

>>11178262
Lol, all right, how's this?

I am fluent in Dutch, English, French, German and can hold basic conversations in Flemish Sign Language, Tanzanian Sign Language and Swahili. I can also make sense of most written Roman and Germanic languages.

Furthermore, I've written code in C, C++, asm, Java, Fortran77, Fortran90, php, Python, BASIC, and a few more I'm forgetting right now.

[Anonymous No.11178321]

>>11177773
Chinese, obviously.

[Anonymous No.11178344]

>>11177710
I don’t think so. It could harm the student-master relationship. But dunno, maybe I’m old school. You can ask her for sure when you finish your semester anon

[Anonymous No.11178380]

>>11176482

>No wonder science only speaks English.

Good old times when science only spoke latin

[Anonymous No.11178446]

>>11176452
The way I see it there are two useful variants;

A: Monolingual; English-speaking
B: Bilingual; Native language + English (basically everybody on earth)

The former saves a lot of time, the latter is annoying but also works

(since we're on /sci/ we only care about language as a means of obtaining knowledge, english is the standard scientific language)