null Posted May 6, 2008 at 03:18 AM Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 at 03:18 AM here's my 'a language of xxx' generalizations of world's major languages. English: a language of everything Spanish: a language of dancers German: a language of medical science,science and technology Portuguese:dont know French: a language of social elites,literature,food Italian : a language of music,food Russian: a language of geography,communism Greek: a language of philosophy , math Hindi: a language of religions Arabic : a language of religion Chinese : a langnuage of agriculture,food,literature,poetry Japanese : a language of manga,TV Games,hi-tech stuff post your generalizations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlaing Posted May 6, 2008 at 07:11 AM Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 at 07:11 AM Shanghainese: a language of haggling Beijinghua : a language of pirates, (or politics) Arrr sichuanese : a language of spice hehe, have fun, SimoN:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodpecker Posted May 12, 2008 at 05:49 PM Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 at 05:49 PM German: a language of medical science,science and technology Really? Most of the scientific names for things are in latin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PangPang Posted May 12, 2008 at 06:00 PM Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 at 06:00 PM I don't remember where I found this link, but anyways, in a similar spirit: Essentialist Explanations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted May 13, 2008 at 07:53 AM Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 at 07:53 AM This is the funniest: Taiwanese is essentially Mandarin (though the letter 'H' was mortally wounded during the civil war). --Jonathan Walton (provided that he means Taiwanese Guoyu) Also good: Japanese is essentially a language that adopted the world's most complicated writing system, and then made it worse. --Peter Bleackley Japanese is essentially Classical Chinese with a second helping of vowels. --Jonathan Walton Chinese is essentially a picture book drawn by people who forgot they were drawing pictures. --Steg Belsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikolp Posted May 27, 2008 at 06:38 PM Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 at 06:38 PM Also good: Japanese is essentially a language that adopted the world's most complicated writing system, and then made it worse. --Peter Bleackley Hehe, this is so true! All those Kanji readings etc. But anyway, the beauty of the Japanese writing system may lie in its difficulty! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and select your username and password later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.