NationStates

Dumb Ideologies wrote:

Kannap wrote:Looks like I've lowered my standards to warehouse labor.

I don't think you'll make a very good warehouse. Pockets are fine, but there's only so much a guy can store internally.

Sheep are better to store things in.

We have plenty of RAM.

Luey Hong and his "Every King A Man" program!

Ethel mermania wrote:

Pasong Tirad wrote:I'm so bilingual I keep having to Google certain English words just to make sure I'm using them correctly.

I am monolingual. Aka American. And I dont see the fun of that at all.

It beggars belief that with a country with so many immigrants as you do, you don't go pick off complete sentences stuffed with foreign languages. Is it a matter of geography, of English being the lingua franca, or just a plain sense of cultural superiority (not criticising here btw)?

The blAAtschApen wrote:

Pasong Tirad wrote:I'm so bilingual I keep having to Google certain English words just to make sure I'm using them correctly.

I am so trilingual that I speak German when in Romania, rather than switching to English.

I was told the average Netherlander's a quadrilingual.

Bad Dutchling, bad sheep !

Duhon wrote:

The blAAtschApen wrote:
I am so trilingual that I speak German when in Romania, rather than switching to English.

I was told the average Netherlander's a quadrilingual.

Bad Dutchling, bad sheep !

You are told wrong.

I mean, I do speak a bit of french, but beyond ordering in a restaurant, asking the way or flirting, i have a hard time.

Duhon wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:I am monolingual. Aka American. And I dont see the fun of that at all.

It beggars belief that with a country with so many immigrants as you do, you don't go pick off complete sentences stuffed with foreign languages. Is it a matter of geography, of English being the lingua franca, or just a plain sense of cultural superiority (not criticising here btw)?

Short Answer: Depends.

In the early days of immigration people who didn't speak English were discouraged from speaking their native language and teaching their kids their natives languages, so they'd have an easier time fitting in and integrating into US society. (The former reason has mostly died off, but the second reason has evolved into immigrant refusing to teach their kids languages other than English for multiple reasons (Fear that they won't integrate properly and be made fun of, belief in the idiotic idea that learning 2 languages at once will destroy their child's ability to speak any languages and make their children dumb, etc...))

Another reason would be that, quite frankly, people aren't interested in learning languages other than their native language (In this case, English, but the same can be said for Japanese, Korean, Arabic, etc...). North America only has 3 (And that's being generous) major languages spoken on it (For reference, the US and Canada combined are about the same size if not bigger than Europe). Quite frankly, you don't really need to speak another language other than English or Spanish here, and you most likely won't get practice with another language either, so what's the point?

Then there's the belief that English should be the only language spoken here and anyone who doesn't conform can get out. Then you have immmigrants who don't really care about the main native population and don't want to intergrate or even make friends or socialize with people outside their little ethnic bubbles (There are a lot of Chinatowns, Little Italies, etc... here, and some are so separated from general society it doesn't even feel like you're in Canada, America, Mexico, etc...)

Relating to the second reason, language programs here also suck. Most are very slow and noneffective. Add on the before mentioned fact that meeting people who want to speak their native language to you is damn near impossible, and yeah, not a good learning environment. Also, if Americans/English speaking Canadians go abroad to say... Europe for example. Almost no one's going to talk to them in their native language or even talk to them at all. English is the Lingua Franca, so most people just default to English if you try to talk to them in order to save time (Or don't talk at all because they don't understand English).

I could go on and on and on there are so many reasons, but those are just a few reasons as to why language accusition is so difficult here (I'm sure I missed a few and maybe even gave you unrelated answers, but this topic tends to be a tad bit complicated). Same thing goes for the rest of North and South America.

Duhon wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:I am monolingual. Aka American. And I dont see the fun of that at all.

It beggars belief that with a country with so many immigrants as you do, you don't go pick off complete sentences stuffed with foreign languages. Is it a matter of geography, of English being the lingua franca, or just a plain sense of cultural superiority (not criticising here btw)?

Geography mostly, traveling to an from other countries is expensive in the US. Anything but Mexico and Canada is an plane ride away. When I went to Europe it was still fairly easy to get around as a decent portion of western Europeans speak English, so there really isnt the need to learn, or exposure to, other languages that say Europeans have.

Anyone here who plays Fate/Grand Order? Looking to distract myself from Duterte coverage, discouraging signs of a reactionary Sinophobia among my circle of occasional acquaintances, Trump coverage, paralyzing nostalgia... checking if it's got a multiplayer function somewhere.

Duhon wrote:Anyone here who plays Fate/Grand Order? Looking to distract myself from Duterte coverage, discouraging signs of a reactionary Sinophobia among my circle of occasional acquaintances, Trump coverage, paralyzing nostalgia... checking if it's got a multiplayer function somewhere.

Besides borrowing party members off friends and randos? Not really.

Vassenor wrote:

Duhon wrote:Anyone here who plays Fate/Grand Order? Looking to distract myself from Duterte coverage, discouraging signs of a reactionary Sinophobia among my circle of occasional acquaintances, Trump coverage, paralyzing nostalgia... checking if it's got a multiplayer function somewhere.

Besides borrowing party members off friends and randos? Not really.

Ah, no pvps. Well then -- what ass for a chunky download --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGLTgt0EEqc

OH THIS MAKES ME SO EXCITED

SOMEONE RESTRAIN ME, MY WALLET IS TRYING TO CRAWL OUT OF MY POCKET

also youtube rewind 2018 was a failure lmao

Happy, Tora Tora, Tora day. Celebrate the day by eating sushi and buying Sony products.

Friday is finally here!

Pax Nerdvana wrote:Friday is finally here!

It's supposed to snow


I dont like snow

Potato wrote:

Pax Nerdvana wrote:Friday is finally here!

It's supposed to snow


I dont like snow

How come?

Pax Nerdvana wrote:

Potato wrote:It's supposed to snow


I dont like snow

How come?

I have joint problems and cold makes it worse

No snow yet, but the weatherman swears we're getting 12 inches.

Kannap wrote:No snow yet, but the weatherman swears we're getting 12 inches.

Tell the weatherman he has to buy us a drink first.

Potato wrote:

Pax Nerdvana wrote:How come?

I have joint problems and cold makes it worse

Ok, that makes sense. Hope you feel ok.

Gallade wrote:

Kannap wrote:No snow yet, but the weatherman swears we're getting 12 inches.

Tell the weatherman he has to buy us a drink first.

I knew his warnings were secretly propositions

Sometimes I miss being a Moderator.

This is one of those moments.

The blAAtschApen wrote:Sometimes I miss being a Moderator.

This is one of those moments.

You should have banned me while you had the chance. Missed opportunities.

Gallade wrote:

The blAAtschApen wrote:Sometimes I miss being a Moderator.

This is one of those moments.

You should have banned me while you had the chance. Missed opportunities.

If I wanted to ban you, I would have.

The blAAtschApen wrote:

Gallade wrote:You should have banned me while you had the chance. Missed opportunities.

If I wanted to ban you, I would have.

Careful now or I'll never be able to develop a persecution complex. Very unfair, it's all the rage.