Monday, February 23, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
I cant remember the last time I tried to communicate with someone who had a different language background than myself. The biggest thing I noticed, even though it took me a minute, was that my english skills are far more advanced that i know, being a Russian student and studying the language for the past year and a half has taught me how one word can change an entire conversation. Saying your doing great, to a non native english speaker, could be way different than just good. I found myself trying as hard as I could to make my sentences and questions as simple as possible so that someone with only 6 months of english could understand, in short. It really brings english full circle.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Its crazy to think how the world works. We are able to see things change right before our eyes, but when you go to understand what is actually happening, that is when things get skewed. We look back into the history of humanity hundreds and hundreds of years, strange symbols on walls and tablets, languages that hold no meaning in this modern world. There are over six thousand languages, but I could only name maybe 15. It made me thing of how technology has changed so much and how an ever expanding world has had its effect on language. For many European countries English is almost as natural to them as it is us here in america. However, you could go a stones throw away in a place like Canada and all of the sudden everyone is speaking French. The craziest thought is how language, communication, has become so blended. We may have over six thousand languages, many of which are dead, but its incredible that you have over a billion speakers of one specific language on a planet filled with over 6 billion people. One in six compared to one in and undefinable number.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Monday, February 2, 2015
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