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07-02-2007, 04:26 AM
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 |  Strange , Why is difficulty to find a intelligent discussion?
Is there any problem with the persons? Why all this mess !? Some persons would be lost without knew the correct answers ... Is there any problem with communication on this planet? |
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07-02-2007, 09:46 PM
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Yukio, are you being serious? (My apologies if you are.) The irony is thick enough to cut with a knife. | |
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07-02-2007, 09:57 PM
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07-04-2007, 01:19 PM
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07-09-2007, 12:19 AM
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07-09-2007, 04:03 AM
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As an example, the prefix "O" is added to the start of a lot of Japanese words to signify respect. This can be done for a phrase such as "O-hayo," which is a greeting using in the morning. There's no such concept in the English language, and the Western culture doesn't place such an emphasis on respect, so it's likely that the word "Ohayo" would, for most people whose mother tongue is English, lose its element of respect. | |
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07-09-2007, 06:05 AM
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Like the above example with Japanese, my other language, Urdu, also have suffixes and special pronouns to convey respect. It's also a very beautiful, flowery sort of language, but I doubt it would make the cut in terms of your two or three languages, and that would be a loss to those of us who speak this language and can enjoy its beauty. We must be careful what things we wish to make more standardized or efficient. That said, it does seem like globalization is causing a relative standardization of languages, anyway, so perhaps its just a natural/cultural force. I am against it being done by design, ironically, but not by the ebb and flow of cultural forces. | |
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07-09-2007, 07:09 AM
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