Discussion (3) ¬

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   Langland

   May 18, 2017 at 5:34 am | # | Reply

   Hypothetically we all could learn to speak Dutch or German, or French, or Cantonese, or South Korean, or Turkish(which I once could understand better than English at one point in my life it’s a long story and you would have to message me on Facebook for that one), but you know, we’re too tired and busy to learn them. Also technology is coming out so we don’t have to learn new languages.

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     EcchiKitty

     May 18, 2017 at 8:33 pm | # | Reply

     Which is slightly sad. People tend to think better and make more logic choices when working in a second language. It’s one of the best things you can do to boost your brain power.

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       Abdiel

       May 19, 2017 at 8:00 am | # | Reply

       Granted, but it is a pretty vast investment in time/effort, especially if it’s not one you’re going to use constantly. Otherwise it seems to often fade after a while, ‘specially if it’s not one you learned as a kid. Those usually stick, but a language learned later in life – as I found out with my Spanish – gets realllllllly rusty when you don’t use it for a long while. I can still sorta stumble along in baby talk, but that’s about it. Rarely used these days barring sometimes grabbing a La Opinion to read or something, and written Spanish I find by far easier than speaking it. Heck I can probably read like a 5 year old instead of like a baby!
       *helps that La Opinion seems to be written mostly in fairly simple Spanish. Always figured to accommodate readers from many different countries/Hispanic cultures at once