Sotha 1908 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Everyone thinks their own native language is better that others, mainly due to subjective reasons: people are better at speaking their own language and it feels familiar. Other languages are complex, weird, full of inconsistencies and illogical. Finnish for instance is a very nice flexible language, which is pronounced as it is written. You don't need to bother to think about word order and you do not have to remember articles for nouns (der, das, die). However, it is difficult language to a non-native talker learn it fluently due to it's complex grammar. Maybe everyone should learn esperanto, since it is probably on of the most logical and easy-to-learn languages around.... Quote Clipper-The mapper's best friend. Link to post Share on other sites
OrbWeaver 598 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Everyone thinks their own native language is better that others, mainly due to subjective reasons: people are better at speaking their own language and it feels familiar. Other languages are complex, weird, full of inconsistencies and illogical. That's not always true; I studied both Latin and Ancient Greek and found them both enjoyable to learn, since they are extremely logical and fairly flexible (Ancient Greek being far more flexible than Latin). On the other hand I never liked French, since it is difficult to pronounce and so full of redundant silent letters than you wonder how anybody can understand it when spoken aloud. aybe everyone should learn esperanto, since it is probably on of the most logical and easy-to-learn languages around.... Yes, it's apparently very easy to learn but unfortunately you are unlikely to get much opportunity to speak it with anyone else. Quote DarkRadiant homepage ⋄ DarkRadiant user guide ⋄ OrbWeaver's Dark Ambients ⋄ Blender export scripts Link to post Share on other sites
Sotha 1908 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Yes, it's apparently very easy to learn but unfortunately you are unlikely to get much opportunity to speak it with anyone else. -Unless you join some kind of association or club of esperanto-speakers... Quote Clipper-The mapper's best friend. Link to post Share on other sites
Ishtvan 17 Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Or you could watch that one William Shatner movie in Esperanto, over and over again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oDDity 3 Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 -Unless you join some kind of association or club of esperanto-speakers... You may as well learn Sindarin or Klingon. Quote Civillisation will not attain perfection until the last stone, from the last church, falls on the last priest. - Emil Zola character models site Link to post Share on other sites
Crispy 8 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Depends whether you want to hang out with language nerds, sci-fi language nerds, or fantasy language nerds... The degree of choice is overwhelming! Quote My games | Public Service Announcement: TDM is not set in the Thief universe. The city in which it takes place is not the City from Thief. The player character is not called Garrett. Any person who contradicts these facts will be subjected to disapproving stares. Link to post Share on other sites
oDDity 3 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Inventing a new language is surprisingly easy. Almost anyone could do it really. The difficult part is getting others to use it. Quote Civillisation will not attain perfection until the last stone, from the last church, falls on the last priest. - Emil Zola character models site Link to post Share on other sites
Nyarlathotep 0 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 There's also lojban! The only language that computers can speak nearly as well as humans! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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