1.25.2009

Languages, languages..

The problem: other people's languages

Really funny article about languages.
  • People want students to learn foreign languages.
  • People want immigrants to learn the national language.
  • People want their home language to be the national language.
  • Minorities are concerned that their languages not disappear.
  • Esperantists want everyone to learn Esperanto.
  • Non-Americans want to learn English.
  • Non-Americans are worried that everyone will learn English.
  • Parents may want to teach their children something besides the national language

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