Languages in the EU
I wish we had the expertise of Omniglot, the diversity of Unilang, the seriousness and sincerty of Learning Languages and some of the warm personalities of Langcafe.
I can do without the registration, and moderating of some of those sites. I appreciate those who are honest about their opinions and can back them up. I'm not keen on people who swoon over personalities.
<<the diversity of Unilang,>>
Now there's a surprise: K.T. seeking 'diversity...'
K.T: "I appreciate those who are honest about their opinions and can back them up."
...unless I disagree with them -- then they suck.
I like Unilang. I like their translation forum. I like their translation "game" and the fun of seeing where the translation went awry. Have you seen it?
They have enough "diversity" in languages to play this game at length. It also drives home the danger of translating from language to language instead of going to the original source. It's amazing Lewis and Clark got anywhere with a similar interpreting "service" when they explored the US.
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Yes, I disagree with some people here. I don't believe it's necessary to put Hispanics down or the Spanish language. The same goes for French.
I like German just fine, but I understand the "politics" surrounding the use of this language.
LOL! K.T. is definitely not PC through and through. Clearly, he has something against Germany because of the Nazis. Otherwise, he wouldn't bring up these NON EXISTANT political issues.
Of course I am not PC. I didn't designate myself that way.
I personally do not have anything against German people, but almost everyone I meet who does not have German heritage complains about Germans, the sound of German etc. Even Alsatians aren't fond of them.
That's because it is an ugly sounding language and has nothing to do with politics and everthing to do with aesthetics.
<<That's because it is an ugly sounding language and has nothing to do with politics and everthing to do with aesthetics. >>
But you'll have to admit that German looks great as a written language. All those umlauts and unexpected h's everywhere. It's far classier than English.
<<Lol! I hate sites like LangCafe and Langwelt where everyone is the BEST OF BUDDIES. Hangin out with the gang! Hahahaha. Much better here where there is anonimity and one can be both a French frog and a Hispanic dung bettle and a fat american at the same time without anyone knowing ! >>
Exactly -- the best feature of Antimoon is the lack of registration. For those of us into devil's advocacy, role playing, sock puppetry, trolling, or even DID, this is the clearly site of choice.
But you'll have to admit that German looks great as a written language. All those umlauts and unexpected h's everywhere. It's far classier than English.
This is your opinion, I think the opposite
<<What's DID? >>
DID = DSM-IV 300.14 -- Dissociative Identity Disorder
''I like Unilang. ''
I don't. There are not objective. Try write something on Brazilian linguistics/usage, they will ban you saying (Don't separate the Portuguese language...) :yawn:
Unilang is a lobby site, antimoon is a hobby site.