Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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In case you were wondering, everyone in the group with the exception of the Brazilian guy and Japanese girl were ethnic Chinese, but the Japanese girl was born in Beijing and probably speaks Mandarin better than I do, which means everyone who spoke Mandarin in the group could communicate ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Have you ever needed to switch among four languages during dinner?
I have.
It was loads of fun.
I am not being sarcastic.
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Do you ever listen to music that's in a language you don't understand? Do you enjoy it? More interestingly, do you try to learn the foreign language just so you can sing the song?
Granted, singing a song that has set lyrics in a foreign language is not as difficult as ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
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Yes, miscommunication due to ignorance of each other's languages has always been a driving force leading to ethnic wars (there's a reason European history plays out like a drama of war after war), but I don't think having an international language is the solution. Besides being far-fetched, it would ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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There's nothing linguistically wrong with the English language (well...), and I admit it's very convenient (for Americans, Brits, and Aussies) that English is so widely used (I myself have been a beneficiary of this global phenomenon), but the prevalence of English is one of the biggest reasons the majority ...
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