Xavius2009-12-30 01:00:25
I think you're reading imaginary sarcasm into Saaga's post. Five million speakers does put a language quite squarely in the superfluous category. Finnish ranks 103rd in number of native speakers, below things like Turkmen, Catalan, Ilokano, and other distinctly "dead" languages.
Llesvelt2009-12-30 01:17:57
QUOTE (Kialkarkea @ Dec 30 2009, 01:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I fail at foreign languages. Therefore, those of you that do not should learn to speak English. That way you can better understand my magnificent words.
Everyone I know here around my age (with the exception of a few people who are a bit too extreme on the nationalism thing) pretty much agree that, yeah, things sound a million times stupider in their own language than it does in English.
Then again, everything sounds a million times stupider in English than it does in LATIN!
Clearly, we should all speak latin.
Xavius2009-12-30 01:21:35
QUOTE (Llesvelt @ Dec 29 2009, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Clearly, we should all speak latin.
Such things are never said by people who have actually studied Latin. That beast died for a reason.
Llesvelt2009-12-30 01:23:06
QUOTE (Xavius @ Dec 30 2009, 02:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Such things are never said by people who have actually studied Latin. That beast died for a reason.
As long as it sounds ominious and can be sung to cheesy youtube videos about stuff blowing up epixally.
