Who can speak Japanese?

firewolf81 wrote: English is a butchered language and is one of the hardest languages to learn.

Yep. It’s a language with too many exceptions to the rules, bizzare pronounciations, moronic spelling patterns, etc.

Maggot Face wrote:

Bluxington wrote: English is the universal language so it doesn’t matter

Wow.. that statement is both ignorant AND wrong. Good job! =D

Umm, Actually English is the most popular language today in the world of business and science. So in some ways it is universal. Plus English incorporates a lot of words from other languages.

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damn. posted twice.

Maggot Face wrote:

firewolf81 wrote: English is a butchered language and is one of the hardest languages to learn.

Yep. It’s a language with too many exceptions to the rules, bizzare pronounciations, moronic spelling patterns, etc.

I think that’s the part about English that makes it so cool. You can phrase things in so many different ways and speak/write how you want. I take Spanish in school and it’s really annoying how many rules they have about word order and stuff.

I’m determined to live forever, or die trying. - Yossarian

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

Bluxington wrote: English is the universal language so it doesn’t matter

Wow.. that statement is both ignorant AND wrong. Good job! =D

Umm, Actually English is the most popular language today in the world of business and science. So in some ways it is universal. Plus English incorporates a lot of words from other languages.

Eh. I hear the word universal, and I think “Every nation in the world has at least 3/4 of the population fluent in it” which is ironic when so many native English speakers (both UK and US) are incapable of properly using their official language.

ACTUALLY.....Mathematics is the TRUE universal language, as it is the same in any language. Thats why they send match equations into space, hoping to get a reply.

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

firewolf81 wrote: English is a butchered language and is one of the hardest languages to learn.

Yep. It’s a language with too many exceptions to the rules, bizzare pronounciations, moronic spelling patterns, etc.

I think that’s the part about English that makes it so cool. You can phrase things in so many different ways and speak/write how you want. I take Spanish in school and it’s really annoying how many rules they have about word order and stuff.

That’s part of what makes it a little harder to learn English. You used the example of Spanish. Languages with specific rules about word placement make it easier to learn because it will always be that way. You don’t have to memorize and learn 15 ways to say the same thing.

Maggot Face wrote:

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

Bluxington wrote: English is the universal language so it doesn’t matter

Wow.. that statement is both ignorant AND wrong. Good job! =D

Umm, Actually English is the most popular language today in the world of business and science. So in some ways it is universal. Plus English incorporates a lot of words from other languages.

Eh. I hear the word universal, and I think “Every nation in the world has at least 3/4 of the population fluent in it” which is ironic when so many native English speakers (both UK and US) are incapable of properly using their official language.

Okay, well it’s still the universal language of business and science.

I’m determined to live forever, or die trying. - Yossarian

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

Bluxington wrote: English is the universal language so it doesn’t matter

Wow.. that statement is both ignorant AND wrong. Good job! =D

Umm, Actually English is the most popular language today in the world of business and science. So in some ways it is universal. Plus English incorporates a lot of words from other languages.

And besides, I was referring to him saying learning other languages doesn’t matter.

Maggot Face wrote:

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

firewolf81 wrote: English is a butchered language and is one of the hardest languages to learn.

Yep. It’s a language with too many exceptions to the rules, bizzare pronounciations, moronic spelling patterns, etc.

I think that’s the part about English that makes it so cool. You can phrase things in so many different ways and speak/write how you want. I take Spanish in school and it’s really annoying how many rules they have about word order and stuff.

That’s part of what makes it a little harder to learn English. You used the example of Spanish. Languages with specific rules about word placement make it easier to learn because it will always be that way. You don’t have to memorize and learn 15 ways to say the same thing.

English is harder to learn. Actually it’s probably in the top three toughest languages to learn, but it’s still easier to speak (once you learn it) without all those rules.

I’m determined to live forever, or die trying. - Yossarian

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

Bluxington wrote: English is the universal language so it doesn’t matter

Wow.. that statement is both ignorant AND wrong. Good job! =D

Umm, Actually English is the most popular language today in the world of business and science. So in some ways it is universal. Plus English incorporates a lot of words from other languages.

Eh. I hear the word universal, and I think “Every nation in the world has at least 3/4 of the population fluent in it” which is ironic when so many native English speakers (both UK and US) are incapable of properly using their official language.

Okay, well it’s still the universal language of business and science.

Yeah that’s pretty much true. Except for some Japanese engineers. And I know this because my uncle has had to go to Japan, and has had to learn some amount of Japanese I think.

Maggot Face wrote:

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote:

Bluxington wrote: English is the universal language so it doesn’t matter

Wow.. that statement is both ignorant AND wrong. Good job! =D

Umm, Actually English is the most popular language today in the world of business and science. So in some ways it is universal. Plus English incorporates a lot of words from other languages.

Eh. I hear the word universal, and I think “Every nation in the world has at least 3/4 of the population fluent in it” which is ironic when so many native English speakers (both UK and US) are incapable of properly using their official language.

Okay, well it’s still the universal language of business and science.

Yeah that’s pretty much true. Except for some Japanese engineers. And I know this because my uncle has had to go to Japan, and has had to learn some amount of Japanese I think.

Inside any country, the native language is probably used, but internationally it’s probably English.

I hear that Japanese is another tough language. All but one of my friends that took that class dropped it.

I’m determined to live forever, or die trying. - Yossarian

japanese language rocks!

I’m looking at learning German myself.

firewolf81 wrote: japanese language rocks!

I don’t get why people like it so much. Everyone wants to learn Japanese...

I’m determined to live forever, or die trying. - Yossarian

Maggot Face wrote: I’m looking at learning German myself.

If I could pick a language besides Spanish to learn, it would definetly be Latin.

I’m determined to live forever, or die trying. - Yossarian

daledude wrote:

firewolf81 wrote: japanese language rocks!

I don’t get why people like it so much. Everyone wants to learn Japanese...

Its just a cool language and it is all about respect.
There are polite and impolite ways of saying things and if you use the wrong one, its like flinging shit ant someone

daledude wrote:

Maggot Face wrote: I’m looking at learning German myself.

If I could pick a language besides Spanish to learn, it would definetly be Latin.

Yeah, Freedom_Fighter says she plans on taking Latin next year, but I don’t think I am for a few reasons.

1. Latin is an Advanced Placement class, and I’m only in Honors, not gifted (cuz I don’t do the work =P)

2. Spanish and French follow me around (mostly spanish), and they’re similar to Latin (they ARE romance languages after all) so I think it’d be annoying.

3. Latin doesn’t have as much real world value as some other languages I could take.

Maggot Face wrote: I’m looking at learning German myself.

i know a little and i have a natural accent when i speak german, seeing as my family (both mum and dad) have realy strong german heratige. Both my mums Maiden name and my fathers name are both german and we have faimily crests and family living in germany and the surrounding provinces.

german is another cool language

firewolf81 wrote:

Maggot Face wrote: I’m looking at learning German myself.

i know a little and i have a natural accent when i speak german, seeing as my family (both mum and dad) have realy strong german heratige. Both my mums Maiden name and my fathers name are both german and we have faimily crests and family living in germany and the surrounding provinces.

german is another cool language

That’s cool. The little German I know is fairly shaky, seeing as I learned it by listening to lots of Rammstein and some Oomph!

I pronounce my German like Till Lindemann.