Languages of the World

[TigerLily]

I don't think this has been done before...

Do you think it would be better if everyone in the World spoke one language?

We're having this debate in class now.

 

[Raymondo077]

Que?.......

 

[Elong]

We could all be speaking Chinese in another 10 years like.

 

[teppic]

Klingon.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Body language could be classed as a global language I suppose, although it varies from one culture to another.

 

[TigerLily]

Body language isn't always affective, though. Because some people are just aggressive most of the time? Lol

 

[Frank Drebin]

Body language isn't always affective, though. Because some people are just aggressive most of the time? Lol

What do you mean by effective? And what's aggression got to do with it? You lost me there.

Body language is used constantly and although it varies across the world there are subconscious micro-expressions that are more or less global.

I haven't researched this before posting so it's mainly from memory and watching the hit tv show "lie to me."

 

[TigerLily]

Haha Lie To Me... Best show ever

I'm just saying that you can't really rely on body language. No one is as good as that guy with reading people, so it won't work?

 

[Frank Drebin]

Haha Lie To Me... Best show ever

I'm just saying that you can't really rely on body language. No one is as good as that guy with reading people, so it won't work?

No possibly not but think about it, you constantly use, evaluate and risk assess based on body language. You feel uncomfortable when someone invades your personal space (distance very much cultural dependant),for a possibly poor example, but even if you don't consciously respond you will subconsciously. Think about how you can distinguish a fake smile from a real one.

 

[peteblue]

<raises middle finger>...........

 

[davek]

Esperanto.

*leaves thread*

 

[bluejock]

I can order beer in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

No need for anything else.

 

[Frank Drebin]

I can order beer in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

No need for anything else.

Peanuts would be nice ya mingebag.

 

[JamesBT]

How boring it would be if we all spoke the same language. I shudder at the thought of us being all so generic as humans. Individuality is fun.

 

[BlueLlama]

If that meant foreign girls would no longer sound sexy talking english then do one