Originally posted by erich brant:
But the English language is the most flexible language.
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Originally posted by David Garland:
Words with gender also interfere with political correctness (not that I care).
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Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
[A lot of good stuff]
Originally posted by erich brant:
Great Post !
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Originally posted by OMAR KHAN:
I personally think that English is a very precise language -though not as poetic and flexible as Italian. It is suitable for technical stuff less for poems or arts, IMHO. That is why I read Java books (like yours) in English
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
When I think of the flexibility of English, I think of the number of words that have similar meanings. I mean,how many languages need a Thesaurus?!
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Originally posted by OMAR KHAN:
It is very inflexible as the structure of sentences are fixed and rules are very precise.
That is not true for other languages like Italian, Russian and Urdu. They are very creative and democratic languages.
Everybody can feel a poet in Italy.
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
"God created Universe" - this is an attempt to translate from old Russian a phrase that uses a specific verb tense absent in contemporary language. This verb tense was used exclusively to describe God's action, it couldn't be applied to mere mortals and it conveyed an idea of eternity, absense of time, really. The phrase above means that God created universe in past, creates it now and will be doing it forever.
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Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
Any language that drives commerce internationally is going to have some rules to govern it, and that's English.
Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
You know, we're not exactly sucking wind in the Anglo corner. British/American poetry of the 20th century doesn't concede much to the Italians or any other language.
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Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
Do we really have to go back that far to associate the Italians with practical innovations? Yow.
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
...you know that American poetry is not even close to Italian, Russian and Urdu, don't you?
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Originally posted by Axel Janssen:
Ah Michael if I understand You right there is just no space and time for everydays grace in this great producing maschinery sprawling from New York City to Californian shores.
Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
Let's just say we, taken as national cultures, have different priorities, eh?
Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
Any language that drives commerce internationally is going to have some rules to govern it, and that's English.
Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
That's "hubris," my man. And unless we're all throwing back to the Great War, "jingoism" is one seriously out of date term.
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
How can a language with such little aesthetic value have so much literature that is so successful all over the world?
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
If, as has been suggested, that English is an inferior language for the arts, why are translated versions of literary works originally written in English so pervasive throughout the world?
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"God created Universe" - this is an attempt to translate from old Russian a phrase that uses a specific verb tense absent in contemporary language. This verb tense was used exclusively to describe God's action, it couldn't be applied to mere mortals and it conveyed an idea of eternity, absense of time, relly. The phrase above means that God created universe in past, creates it now and will be doing it forever.
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