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Confused
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Galdaria
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 14:11 Post subject:
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WOW. You're even more lame than yesterday.
Edit - Happy now? =P
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Confused
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 14:12 Post subject:
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| Galdaria wrote: | | WOW. Your even more lame than yesterday. |
You're
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 15:58 Post subject:
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сегодня - день женщины
С Праэдником гражданки !!! (bad joke sorry)
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NickPSH
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:35 Post subject:
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Look at me, I know Russian!
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:38 Post subject:
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| NickPSH wrote: | | Look at me, I know Russian! |
So do a few tens of millions of other people, what's your point? Nowhere in the world is Woman's Day celebrated more enthusiatically than Russia. It's a very important day to them, to the point where the holiday is actually almost considered a "Russian holiday"
So there.
You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should.
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Confused
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:43 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | | You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should. |
Why? Half of the world's languages are already dying because English is becoming a super-language.
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NickPSH
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:50 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | | NickPSH wrote: | | Look at me, I know Russian! |
So do a few tens of millions of other people, what's your point? Nowhere in the world is Woman's Day celebrated more enthusiatically than Russia. It's a very important day to them, to the point where the holiday is actually almost considered a "Russian holiday"
So there.
You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should.
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My point was made in my first statement.
The first International Women's Day was declared by a socialist party. I'm not suprised it's so celebrated in Russia. It's a bunk holiday. It stems from feminism and women's rights.
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:52 Post subject:
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| NickPSH wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | NickPSH wrote: | | Look at me, I know Russian! |
So do a few tens of millions of other people, what's your point? Nowhere in the world is Woman's Day celebrated more enthusiatically than Russia. It's a very important day to them, to the point where the holiday is actually almost considered a "Russian holiday"
So there.
You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should.
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My point was made in my first statement.
The first International Women's Day was declared by a socialist party. I'm not suprised it's so celebrated in Russia. It's a bunk holiday. It stems from feminism and women's rights. |
I'm still not seeing a problem.
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:53 Post subject:
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| Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should. |
Why? Half of the world's languages are already dying because English is becoming a super-language. |
I didn't say you needed to speak multiple languages, I said you should. It's a good use of your brain.
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Tamrissa
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:56 Post subject:
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Добрый день!
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NickPSH
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:57 Post subject:
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同性恋
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Confused
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 16:59 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should. |
Why? Half of the world's languages are already dying because English is becoming a super-language. |
I didn't say you needed to speak multiple languages, I said you should. It's a good use of your brain.
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And I said "Why?"
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Tamrissa
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:01 Post subject:
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nah help me out here im not getting the joke..
citizen.. praednikom or prazdnikom ??
i dont speak/read russian so forgive me hehe 
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:04 Post subject:
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| Tamrissa wrote: | nah help me out here im not getting the joke..
citizen.. praednikom or prazdnikom ??
i dont speak/read russian so forgive me hehe |
yeah you're right.. it's "citizeness" it's what they used to call each other in soviet times. Prazdnikom is just "be happy!"
I love the way they communicate "You will be happy whether you like it not."
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Tamrissa
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:05 Post subject:
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:05 Post subject:
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| Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should. |
Why? Half of the world's languages are already dying because English is becoming a super-language. |
I didn't say you needed to speak multiple languages, I said you should. It's a good use of your brain.
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And I said "Why?" |
Simply because you have the capacity to. You don't need another answer to that. Learning something new is never a waste of time.
-Nah-
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Confused
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:06 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should. |
Why? Half of the world's languages are already dying because English is becoming a super-language. |
I didn't say you needed to speak multiple languages, I said you should. It's a good use of your brain.
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And I said "Why?" |
Simply because you have the capacity to. You don't need another answer to that. Learning something new is never a waste of time.
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It is if it's useless. You might as well suggest everyone learn the Klingon language.
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:10 Post subject:
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| Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should. |
Why? Half of the world's languages are already dying because English is becoming a super-language. |
I didn't say you needed to speak multiple languages, I said you should. It's a good use of your brain.
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And I said "Why?" |
Simply because you have the capacity to. You don't need another answer to that. Learning something new is never a waste of time.
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It is if it's useless. You might as well suggest everyone learn the Klingon language. |
By definition nothing is useless. That's only a matter of perception. It's like people who learned Sindarin or whatever. It won't get them a hot new job or anything but nothing is inherently useless. Otherwise it wouldn't exist.
edit : I meant knowledge-wise, nothing is useless. Nuclear fallout MAY be useless, but nothing you apply yourself to learn is.
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:12 Post subject:
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Now I am incensed. What exactly is wrong with the Klingon language?
P'takh!
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Confused
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:16 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | You should also speak multiple languages. In my opinion, everyone should. |
Why? Half of the world's languages are already dying because English is becoming a super-language. |
I didn't say you needed to speak multiple languages, I said you should. It's a good use of your brain.
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And I said "Why?" |
Simply because you have the capacity to. You don't need another answer to that. Learning something new is never a waste of time.
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It is if it's useless. You might as well suggest everyone learn the Klingon language. |
By definition nothing is useless. That's only a matter of perception. It's like people who learned Sindarin or whatever. It won't get them a hot new job or anything but nothing is inherently useless. Otherwise it wouldn't exist.
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Of course there are useless things. That's why a word exists to describe uselessness. But for your sake I'll say that a particular foreign language, like Russian, has only minimal use. Therefore using one's time to learn Russian when that time could be used much more optimally by learning something else makes learning Russian as foolish as learning Klingon.
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wellspoken
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:16 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | Now I am incensed. What exactly is wrong with the Klingon language?
P'takh!
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hahahaha
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:49 Post subject:
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| Confused wrote: | | I'll say that a particular foreign language, like Russian, has only minimal use. Therefore using one's time to learn Russian when that time could be used much more optimally by learning something else makes learning Russian as foolish as learning Klingon. |
I'm stunned that someone who is as much into business and politics as you considers a language spoken by 160 million people across the world, (English being spoken by about 300 million) as something of minimal significance.
Learning a language isn't just about learning how to converse with people of other backgrounds, that's far too liberal a concept for you. Learning other languages gives you insight into people's cultures as well, and understanding why people do some of the things they do. In an era of global economies and international business, and in a country with a very troubled infrastructure, I can't possibly understand how you could compare it to Klingon, which is a pasttime at best.
You don't really think Condoleezza Rice got to where she is by writing the Russians or their language off as insignificant, do you?
-Nah-
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Confused
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 17:59 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | I'll say that a particular foreign language, like Russian, has only minimal use. Therefore using one's time to learn Russian when that time could be used much more optimally by learning something else makes learning Russian as foolish as learning Klingon. |
I'm stunned that someone who is as much into business and politics as you considers a language spoken by 160 million people across the world, (English being spoken by about 300 million) as something of minimal significance.
Learning a language isn't just about learning how to converse with people of other backgrounds, that's far too liberal a concept for you. Learning other languages gives you insight into people's cultures as well, and understanding why people do some of the things they do. In an era of global economies and international business, and in a country with a very troubled infrastructure, I can't possibly understand how you could compare it to Klingon, which is a pasttime at best.
You don't really think Condoleezza Rice got to where she is by writing the Russians or their language off as insignificant, do you?
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Russia is a third word country. English is the international language of business. The Russian language isn't of minimal significance...but it is to Americans (unless you plan on going to Russia...which isn't really recommended these days). The odds of having to speak Russian are about as good as having to speak Klingon. Learning another Western language makes sense for some, but by no means "should" expend the time learning another language.
And English is spoken by far more than 300 million. There are 300 million Chinese alone studying it.
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 18:09 Post subject:
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| Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | I'll say that a particular foreign language, like Russian, has only minimal use. Therefore using one's time to learn Russian when that time could be used much more optimally by learning something else makes learning Russian as foolish as learning Klingon. |
I'm stunned that someone who is as much into business and politics as you considers a language spoken by 160 million people across the world, (English being spoken by about 300 million) as something of minimal significance.
Learning a language isn't just about learning how to converse with people of other backgrounds, that's far too liberal a concept for you. Learning other languages gives you insight into people's cultures as well, and understanding why people do some of the things they do. In an era of global economies and international business, and in a country with a very troubled infrastructure, I can't possibly understand how you could compare it to Klingon, which is a pasttime at best.
You don't really think Condoleezza Rice got to where she is by writing the Russians or their language off as insignificant, do you?
-Nah- |
Russia is a third word country. English is the international language of business. The Russian language isn't of minimal significance...but it is to Americans (unless you plan on going to Russia...which isn't really recommended these days). The odds of having to speak Russian are about as good as having to speak Klingon. Learning another Western language makes sense for some, but by no means "should" expend the time learning another language.
And English is spoken by far more than 300 million. There are 300 million Chinese alone studying it. |
World. I wouldn't normally do it, but you're always spell checking people.
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 18:43 Post subject:
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| Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | I'll say that a particular foreign language, like Russian, has only minimal use. Therefore using one's time to learn Russian when that time could be used much more optimally by learning something else makes learning Russian as foolish as learning Klingon. |
I'm stunned that someone who is as much into business and politics as you considers a language spoken by 160 million people across the world, (English being spoken by about 300 million) as something of minimal significance.
Learning a language isn't just about learning how to converse with people of other backgrounds, that's far too liberal a concept for you. Learning other languages gives you insight into people's cultures as well, and understanding why people do some of the things they do. In an era of global economies and international business, and in a country with a very troubled infrastructure, I can't possibly understand how you could compare it to Klingon, which is a pasttime at best.
You don't really think Condoleezza Rice got to where she is by writing the Russians or their language off as insignificant, do you?
-Nah- |
Russia is a third word country. English is the international language of business. The Russian language isn't of minimal significance...but it is to Americans (unless you plan on going to Russia...which isn't really recommended these days). The odds of having to speak Russian are about as good as having to speak Klingon. Learning another Western language makes sense for some, but by no means "should" expend the time learning another language.
And English is spoken by far more than 300 million. There are 300 million Chinese alone studying it. |
ESL speakers don't count. There are 150 million more speakers of Russian as a second language but I purposely didn't count them.
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Posted: 03/08/05 - 19:00 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | Nahualli wrote: | | Confused wrote: | | I'll say that a particular foreign language, like Russian, has only minimal use. Therefore using one's time to learn Russian when that time could be used much more optimally by learning something else makes learning Russian as foolish as learning Klingon. |
I'm stunned that someone who is as much into business and politics as you considers a language spoken by 160 million people across the world, (English being spoken by about 300 million) as something of minimal significance.
Learning a language isn't just about learning how to converse with people of other backgrounds, that's far too liberal a concept for you. Learning other languages gives you insight into people's cultures as well, and understanding why people do some of the things they do. In an era of global economies and international business, and in a country with a very troubled infrastructure, I can't possibly understand how you could compare it to Klingon, which is a pasttime at best.
You don't really think Condoleezza Rice got to where she is by writing the Russians or their language off as insignificant, do you?
-Nah- |
Russia is a third word country. English is the international language of business. The Russian language isn't of minimal significance...but it is to Americans (unless you plan on going to Russia...which isn't really recommended these days). The odds of having to speak Russian are about as good as having to speak Klingon. Learning another Western language makes sense for some, but by no means "should" expend the time learning another language.
And English is spoken by far more than 300 million. There are 300 million Chinese alone studying it. |
ESL speakers don't count. There are 150 million more speakers of Russian as a second language but I purposely didn't count them.
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ESL speakers are the whole point because they speak English and make learning their language "useless".
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Nah,
Arguing with WNWS/Confused is like trying to tell a chronically obese gamer he should exercise. The best progress you'll make is his head nodding slovenly in agreement.
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Nahualli you forgot a very basic fact in your claim that English is spoken as a primary language by about 300 million people. That is roughly the US population. Now add Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia to that list.
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