yup, i agree with you. but just like someone born into a poor family is inherently poor and someone born into a rich family is inherently rich, your culture and nationality is just simply something bestowed upon you by others, it's not a bad thing to experience it and remember it and enjoy it etc, but if could remove the language from the equation, i'm saying, from a personal point of view. I would. plain and simple. =) language is relative to how you translate it. you can in theory say anything in any language in some way or another.
and remember language is largely a means of communication, the easier we make it to communicate, the better off we all are, is all i'm trying to say!
you can think and say what you want, as that is the beauty of opinion, but you have both missed my point and taken offence at what i was merely stating as a perfect example (which we are all well aware will never happen, so pointless arguing for or against). the fact is, if you produce a blog in french, you are creating something which can be utilised by far far fewer people than if it were produced in another language. this language could be russian for all i care, my point is not to destroy french, or any language. but you cannot possibly argue the fact it benefits more people by being written in french.
and i did not say french was obsolete, i said it was 'largely obsolete', which is a huge difference. and i don't believe I mentioned plato lol i also did not say anything about opening my mind, i was merely making an argument for a perfect world. as it happens I have studied french for over 6 years, so I would advise you to take what I say with a pinch of salt =)
although I'm sure the reasons for doing a french site are perfectly innocent, i really do think cultures should learn to change a little. french people a lot of the time like to speak french because they are stubborn and dont want to speak english etc because they are in a strop about it and think they are 'losing part of their culture', the fact of the matter is, languages like french are largely obsolete, and don't benefit the community as much as that site would in say english etc.
i do understand that is offensive, but don't take this as an english person, wishing you would speak english, i personally couldnt care less. I would just rather everyone spoke the same language, as it means I could communicate with more people, utilise more information from different cultures and places and many many other things. if this 'world' language turned out to be dutch for example, then i'd learn dutch like everyone else and english to me wouldnt exist any more as i would have no use for it.
i would however vote for english or spanish as the world language as music is a huge part of my life and i think music translates much better into those languages ;-)
oh and im well aware this world language wont happen so good luck with your site anyway! but do try to continue sharing your knowledge in english as well (as i've seen you do before) as it will ultimately benefit more people =)
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yup, i agree with you. but just like someone born into a poor family is inherently poor and someone born into a rich family is inherently rich, your culture and nationality is just simply something bestowed upon you by others, it's not a bad thing to experience it and remember it and enjoy it etc, but if could remove the language from the equation, i'm saying, from a personal point of view. I would. plain and simple. =) language is relative to how you translate it. you can in theory say anything in any language in some way or another.
and remember language is largely a means of communication, the easier we make it to communicate, the better off we all are, is all i'm trying to say!
@houndofbaskerville: Go @Yaos01: Go
you can think and say what you want, as that is the beauty of opinion, but you have both missed my point and taken offence at what i was merely stating as a perfect example (which we are all well aware will never happen, so pointless arguing for or against). the fact is, if you produce a blog in french, you are creating something which can be utilised by far far fewer people than if it were produced in another language. this language could be russian for all i care, my point is not to destroy french, or any language. but you cannot possibly argue the fact it benefits more people by being written in french.
and i did not say french was obsolete, i said it was 'largely obsolete', which is a huge difference. and i don't believe I mentioned plato lol i also did not say anything about opening my mind, i was merely making an argument for a perfect world. as it happens I have studied french for over 6 years, so I would advise you to take what I say with a pinch of salt =)
although I'm sure the reasons for doing a french site are perfectly innocent, i really do think cultures should learn to change a little. french people a lot of the time like to speak french because they are stubborn and dont want to speak english etc because they are in a strop about it and think they are 'losing part of their culture', the fact of the matter is, languages like french are largely obsolete, and don't benefit the community as much as that site would in say english etc.
i do understand that is offensive, but don't take this as an english person, wishing you would speak english, i personally couldnt care less. I would just rather everyone spoke the same language, as it means I could communicate with more people, utilise more information from different cultures and places and many many other things. if this 'world' language turned out to be dutch for example, then i'd learn dutch like everyone else and english to me wouldnt exist any more as i would have no use for it.
i would however vote for english or spanish as the world language as music is a huge part of my life and i think music translates much better into those languages ;-)
oh and im well aware this world language wont happen so good luck with your site anyway! but do try to continue sharing your knowledge in english as well (as i've seen you do before) as it will ultimately benefit more people =)