If we ALL spoke English than there would be NO need to have to learn other languages and have no issues

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Everyone speaking the same language would be really convenient. We could all get together and work on great projects for our mutual benefit.
For example, we could build a giant tower! A tower so tall, it might even reach the heavens!
 
There's a lot of expressions that does not exist in the english language

I'm fine with it being the universal language, but not the only language
 
Lammy said:
Everyone speaking the same language would be really convenient. We could all get together and work on great projects for our mutual benefit.
For example, we could build a giant tower! A tower so tall, it might even reach the heavens!
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Sounds like a plan only a damn Nimrod would come up with
 
Lammy said:
Everyone speaking the same language would be really convenient. We could all get together and work on great projects for our mutual benefit.
For example, we could build a giant tower! A tower so tall, it might even reach the heavens!
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souschef said:
There's a lot of expressions that does not exist in the english language

I'm fine with it being the universal language, but not the only language
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The reason those expressions don't translate into English is probably because those expressions are all shit like, "As we say in Azerbaijan, if your knees fall off, they'll be no rain on Tuesday!" that make absolutely no fucking sense and are shit.

Like you.

And your culture.
 
Miriam Margoyles said:
The reason those expressions don't translate into English is probably because those expressions are all shit like, "As we say in Azerbaijan, if your knees fall off, they'll be no rain on Tuesday!" that make absolutely no fucking sense and are shit.

Like you.

And your culture.
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That was rude and ignorant
 
Miriam Margoyles said:
The reason those expressions don't translate into English is probably because those expressions are all shit like, "As we say in Azerbaijan, if your knees fall off, they'll be no rain on Tuesday!" that make absolutely no fucking sense and are shit.

Like you.

And your culture.
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You're british (I assume), your expressions don't make any sense and they are in English.
 
Alright, just to prove a point, right, I Googled 'foreign idioms that don't translate into English' and this is what I found.

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Seriously, what the fuck is this shit? It's bad enough that they're complete fucking non-sequiturs, but why do so many of them have to do with degenerate shit involving animals? 'The chicken's boobs'? What the fuck is all that about?

Yet more proof, if proof be needed, that all foreigners are weird and disgusting.
 
Also, English is the official language of the sea and, as we all know, the sea has never ever declared war on anyone or invaded anyone or ever hurt anyone in any way.

Which is probably why all the foreigners insist on dumping all their filth in it, because it doesn't fight back and they see it as an easy target.
 
This topic was already addressed with Esperanto, an artificial language created due to being similar to other european languages and being easy to learn, while learning English can take between 600 hours for a German or 1000 hours for a Japanese, Esperanto can be learned in 200 hours; So why does no one speak it? Because there is no coordination between the governments of the world to make this happen, so it's one of the things where the problem has been solved already, but no one cares about implementing the solution.
 
i know this is not a serious thread, but languages shape how people think so having just one language is a shit idea - not only could you change how people think by changing the language, certain concepts may not exist in english that do exist in other languages

my gf's native tongue, for example, has no distinction between an arm and hand, and even when other languages distinctly separate the two it makes no sense to her - an arm is a hand and a hand is an arm
 
Americans be like

"THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING"
"THE CAT IS IN THE BAG"
"YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO"

Then go to the farms telling people other idioms make no sense

:story:
 
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