Guest MattP Posted 16 October 2012 Posted 16 October 2012 Oh Moosey, and I was almost starting to like you , until you started off on this Left wing, Right wing crap again, I am, in your terms, a lefty, but I have had a fair few disagreements with FIF, and sometimes agree with the right-wing mafia on here, we are not all the same, nor defined by our political leanings. Other than that I completely agree with you, you don't need to bring political leanings into it to pick apart FIF's argument on this one. Quite. Though it is annoying when some (and it is only a few) leftists do bring out this "It's hard to believe you.....when you have been to" on the fact of your poltiical opinions should mirror theirs if you have travelled a bit. I've lost count of the amount of times I've had it used against me and I've always found it very bizarre. Moose might be right when he says it's being used to probably cover up their own lack of knowledge on something.
ADK Posted 16 October 2012 Posted 16 October 2012 English will always be the language of business or at least in our lifetimes. The internet is mostly written in English for one thing and it is hard to shift something that is ingrained like that.
Zingari Posted 17 October 2012 Posted 17 October 2012 Who'd have thought a debate about learning Arabic or Chinese would turn into a left/right wing political argument ?
Fox in the North Posted 17 October 2012 Author Posted 17 October 2012 I know.... It was my plan all along...honest... As for left wing/right wing I couldn't care less
Zingari Posted 17 October 2012 Posted 17 October 2012 I know.... It was my plan all along...honest... As for left wing/right wing I couldn't care less You should try starting a topic with no chance of it developing into a left/right wing argument . How about; "What's the best way to eat a whole chicken?"
Fox in the North Posted 17 October 2012 Author Posted 17 October 2012 I'm sure they'll just view it as a challenge
Deucalion Posted 22 October 2012 Posted 22 October 2012 I don't think any other language than English will be the international language for a long time yet. Go back 20 years and it was Spanish which was supposedly going to take over. As someone above said, it is culture rather than business which propagates a language and Hollywood will be promoting American 'culture' for a while yet. By the time any other language takes over from English, we will have computers to translate for us or fish to stick in our ears or something. These will probably be made in China though! So best not to worry too much yet. Nobody likes a smartarse !! http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-20004210
Zingari Posted 22 October 2012 Posted 22 October 2012 Nobody likes a smartarse !! http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-20004210 That's just amazing There may be some dangers with quirky English phrases though. It reminds me of a Stephen Fry story , when he was told the phrase "out of sight out of mind" was translated by babel fish as " hidden idiot"
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