I think English is the most pure language... but it's hard to speak and understand...
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Infamous607 · 51-55, M
Pure how?
swirlie · 31-35
@Infamous607
English is the only language which has a descriptive word that when used in combination with other descriptive words, can creatively describe every single event or situation you could ever experience in your lifetime. No other language does that which is why English is such a pure language, meaning it harbors no missing meaning, nor is there any ambiguity about what is being said or even inferred if the language is used correctly.
English is the only language which has a descriptive word that when used in combination with other descriptive words, can creatively describe every single event or situation you could ever experience in your lifetime. No other language does that which is why English is such a pure language, meaning it harbors no missing meaning, nor is there any ambiguity about what is being said or even inferred if the language is used correctly.
Infamous607 · 51-55, M
@swirlie Every single event in my lifetime?? All of them???
swirlie · 31-35
@Infamous607
Yes, every event. What this is to mean is, the English language provides words that can describe your innermost emotions and feelings, or can describe something more tangible like a physical experience or sensation, where other languages fall short and are not able to provide adequate mental imaging from the use of descriptive words.
That is why foreign languages like French for example, will often interject an English word in a French statement to more creatively or more accurately 'describe' what the French language does not have a word for.
Yes, every event. What this is to mean is, the English language provides words that can describe your innermost emotions and feelings, or can describe something more tangible like a physical experience or sensation, where other languages fall short and are not able to provide adequate mental imaging from the use of descriptive words.
That is why foreign languages like French for example, will often interject an English word in a French statement to more creatively or more accurately 'describe' what the French language does not have a word for.
Infamous607 · 51-55, M
@swirlie i didn't think you were being serious. So...ok
Infamous607 · 51-55, M
@swirlie what about all the words that English i.ports from other languages?
swirlie · 31-35
@Infamous607
The English language itself is a concoction, a melting pot, comprised of words imported from various languages which have meaning in that foreign language but have no meaning in countries where English is predominantly spoken.
Yet that same imported word can be used to create a mental image in the mind of an English speaking person that conjures an imagined experience, despite that same experience not actually ever happening in English-based countries.
The English language itself is a concoction, a melting pot, comprised of words imported from various languages which have meaning in that foreign language but have no meaning in countries where English is predominantly spoken.
Yet that same imported word can be used to create a mental image in the mind of an English speaking person that conjures an imagined experience, despite that same experience not actually ever happening in English-based countries.
Infamous607 · 51-55, M
@swirlie you say that other languages lack in their ability to fully express the human experience. ( Which is wrong) And that's why they take words from English.
Following the same logic, can't we say that English, too, suffers from the same inadequacy and that's why it takes so many words from other languages?
Following the same logic, can't we say that English, too, suffers from the same inadequacy and that's why it takes so many words from other languages?
swirlie · 31-35
@Infamous607
No, it is not wrong. Other languages are not constructed in the same way that the English language is written which therefore causes meaning and luster to be lost when other languages are used for descriptive writing.
You missed an understanding of what I previous wrote where I said that English is comprised of words from other languages.
The English language originated in northern Germany before Great Britain was ever first thought of as a geographical place on earth. English therefore, is not the language of the British.
The English language was originally called "Germanic", not English. Originating from northern Germany, Germanic was comprised of many words from the many different country-languages which comprised that part of the world, resulting in the English dialect that we have today, American English not included.
you say that other languages lack in their ability to fully express the human experience. ( Which is wrong)
No, it is not wrong. Other languages are not constructed in the same way that the English language is written which therefore causes meaning and luster to be lost when other languages are used for descriptive writing.
Following the same logic, can't we say that English, too, suffers from the same inadequacy and that's why it takes so many words from other languages?
You missed an understanding of what I previous wrote where I said that English is comprised of words from other languages.
The English language originated in northern Germany before Great Britain was ever first thought of as a geographical place on earth. English therefore, is not the language of the British.
The English language was originally called "Germanic", not English. Originating from northern Germany, Germanic was comprised of many words from the many different country-languages which comprised that part of the world, resulting in the English dialect that we have today, American English not included.
Infamous607 · 51-55, M
@swirlie
Different cultures have different ways to see the world and that is reflected on, Among other things, the language.
The language developed by a group of people's is perfect for what those people want to express at that particular time.
Ideas present in one culture might not exist in a different culture. That doesn't make the language insufficient.
Different cultures have different ways to see the world and that is reflected on, Among other things, the language.
The language developed by a group of people's is perfect for what those people want to express at that particular time.
Ideas present in one culture might not exist in a different culture. That doesn't make the language insufficient.
swirlie · 31-35
@Infamous607
Actually, it does make it insufficient. That is why English words are often interjected in foreign language discussions, because a specific word in that foreign language doesn't exist to adequately describe what is being spoken about in that discussion.
Actually, it does make it insufficient. That is why English words are often interjected in foreign language discussions, because a specific word in that foreign language doesn't exist to adequately describe what is being spoken about in that discussion.
Infamous607 · 51-55, M
@swirlie alright