Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Language is a slippery vehicle...
Language is a slippery vehicle that can rub someone the wrong way if misinterpreted. There's such a huge language barrier between cultures that if something is said even in a certain way, it will be misunderstood and there will be conflict between the parties. Language is great. There are many, many different languages in the world. Honestly, though, it's unnecessary. Why there couldn't just be one worldwide language is astonishing to me. Who thought of actually splitting up all of the countries and giving them all different languages? It's not necessary whatsoever, and if there was one worldwide language, no matter what it was, people would not misinterpret things nearly as much. It's a way to express yourself and it's not needed to have so many different types.
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i completely agree with you!!! language barriers are a huge pain..and then its not just limited to the spoken word, like a gesture could mean something positive in one region and then that same gesture could me viewed as negative in another region. its stuff like that which makes language and communication so frustrating.
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