China bans English words in media - Polidicks

[QUOTE=bugfix;26852510]But it sucks. Especially if you hear English words pronounced by my grandparents. ("Mänätscher") [editline]21st December 2010[/editline] Mobiltelefon, but no one uses it.[/QUOTE] I'm swedish i use Mobiltelefon all the time.

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;26852801]It kinda is, it's an easy to learn language and it's pretty much everywhere.[/QUOTE] easier than japanese or chinese.

[QUOTE=Brage Nyman;26853006]I'm swedish i use Mobiltelefon all the time.[/QUOTE] Swedes seem to be smarter than my fellow Germans then.

[QUOTE=bugfix;26852427]We should introduce something like this in Germany. More and more German words are replaced by English ones and some of them are just ridiculous. I mean "Handy" is the German word for cell phone now and a "body bag" is a neck pouch...[/QUOTE] Why, you want to be nazi again?

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;26852992]There was this language that was supposedly going to be a second language everyone would learn but it pretty much went to shit, can't remember the name.[/QUOTE] Esperanto?

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;26852905]... no it's not. Everyone learns it because they have to. It's such a mash up of various languages and it has so few rules that are actually consistent.[/QUOTE] English words are often variations of latin accompanied by a prefix or suffix. The prefix and suffixes are what makes it easy for me.

[QUOTE=bugfix;26852950]You have a better alternative?[/QUOTE] Um... maybe don't try and force a language upon the whole world? You say "lol du u hav an alternative?" like this is some actual plan for the future of the planet that you have worked out or something. Armchair linguist.

[QUOTE=koekje4life V2;26852393]Oh China, you so communist.[/QUOTE] Anything but. And Esperanto was just meant as a fictional foreign language for training soldiers to recognise certain meanings of what the enemy was shouting at each other used in War Games and stuff. I think?

[QUOTE=johan_sm;26853042]Why, you want to be nazi again?[/QUOTE] Oh yeah, I appreciate the German language (the language of Goethe and Schiller after all), of course I must be a nazi.

What will the Chinese call Twinkies now?! Yellow Dong Submarines?

[QUOTE=nick10510;26853079]English words are often variations of latin accompanied by a prefix or suffix. The prefix and suffixes are what makes it easy for me.[/QUOTE] Latin... or German... or French. I'm so lucky to be a native speaker. I'd much rather learn German than English as a second language if the situation for myself were different (and if it wasn't entirely necessary to know English to get anywhere in the world).

[QUOTE=Habsburg;26853049]Esperanto?[/QUOTE] Yeah that was it, was supposed to be the international auxiliary language everyone would learn but the plan never went ahead for some reason.

But English is an amalgam of other languages anyway

Can we do away with most languages and just move onto Interworld now?

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;26853143]Latin... or German... or French. I'm so lucky to be a native speaker. I'd much rather learn German than English as a second language if the situation for myself were different (and if it wasn't entirely necessary to know English to get anywhere in the world).[/QUOTE] English is my third and german is my 4th language I know. English is so much easier.

[QUOTE=koekje4life V2;26852393]Oh China, you so capitalist-socialist.[/QUOTE] Fixed that for ya. :v:

If words for new items (future devices) like a mobile phone a few years ago, then i don't mind taking over english words, less words to study that way...

Afrikaans for world language. It's grammar is simple and it's spelling is consistent. Either that or Finnish, though Finnish grammar is quite hard.

[QUOTE=bugfix;26852510]But it sucks. Especially if you hear English words pronounced by my grandparents. ("[b]Mänätscher[/b]") [editline]21st December 2010[/editline] Mobiltelefon, but no one uses it.[/QUOTE] What does it mean.

[QUOTE=doonbugie2;26855521]What does it mean.[/QUOTE] Manager

[QUOTE=bugfix;26855541]Manager[/QUOTE] Very informative sir.

[QUOTE=BlkDucky;26852469]Languages evolve. That's just what happens.[/QUOTE] This is not how languages evolve moron. [editline]21st December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=CoolCorky;26853177]But English is an amalgam of other languages anyway[/QUOTE] And this is a disease that need not spread any further. It is degrading to thought and eloquency. [editline]21st December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Brage Nyman;26853006]I'm swedish i use Mobiltelefon all the time.[/QUOTE] That's because swedish is awesome, you have datorn. I want a cool fucking ass word like datorn, but no, we just say computer like retards.

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;26852741]Eventually everyone will speak a single language, it's inevitable in a world were social communications and networks are evolving fast.[/QUOTE] And that would be great Wars woundt happen for saying your mother isa pig face when speaking / translateing

Esperanto never took off because the words were too european and was highly sexist.

Im voteing for Sign lang Seeing as im mostly deaf :U

Вы думаете, они будут жаловаться, если мы добавим России вместо 和他们混合一些好措施中文，或者是被禁止之列？ Edited: Bagaimana jika kita menggunakan huruf inggris meskipun bahasa yang sebenarnya tidak inggris?

[QUOTE=cccritical;26852890]oh my god there are exceptions to the rules how will I ever learn it now[/QUOTE] Knife. K. NIFE.

China has the longest continuous culture in the world. Most Chinese people don't want other cultures interfering with theirs. This isn't as bad as some people make it seem.

I do think it's not necessary to use english words if there's a perfectly suitable word for it in the original language...

[QUOTE=koekje4life V2;26852393]Oh China, you so communist.[/QUOTE] How is that remotely communist? China isn't even communist anyway.