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Aldurin · 05-26-2010, 11:10 PM

I see languages as clubs to beat the stupid people with. Spanish is mostly uniform and allows for efficient beating without much flair. English is the boulder-with-a-handle that has so many bells and whistles that you can hurt someone without hitting them.

I believe the english language does have a ton of pronunciation crap to it but the bigger issue is how bloated it is. I'm sure you could reword a sentence more ways in english than with any other language combined.

And to Bells comment about learning English through pokemon and video games:

I tried the same idea with learning Japanese by playing Super Robot Taisen: OG Saga, Endless Frontier. All I learned is that the guy who voices the main character voices Shadow the Hedgehog in japanese versions of Sonic, and japanese people are right up there with spanish-speakers in the "holy shit, you're talking to fast" spectrum.

05-26-2010, 11:10 PM	#33
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	I see languages as clubs to beat the stupid people with. Spanish is mostly uniform and allows for efficient beating without much flair. English is the boulder-with-a-handle that has so many bells and whistles that you can hurt someone without hitting themwithout them having to understand it. I believe the english language does have a ton of pronunciation crap to it but the bigger issue is how bloated it is. I'm sure you could reword a sentence more ways in english than with any other language combined. And to Bells comment about learning English through pokemon and video games: I tried the same idea with learning Japanese by playing Super Robot Taisen: OG Saga, Endless Frontier. All I learned is that the guy who voices the main character voices Shadow the Hedgehog in japanese versions of Sonic, and japanese people are right up there with spanish-speakers in the "holy shit, you're talking to fast" spectrum.