12-14-2003, 03:52 PM
[wcip]Angel:
Ah, I feel the same way for Swedish. One conversation I had about Swedish music being so bad came to the conclusion that there's so many more words in English to express a certain thing.
I am by no means a music buff, but the only Swedish music I find in my collection is Kent, whos music by the way when (they) convert it to English sounds horrible. I like some more Swedish bands, but they sing in English . . .
That I can't agree with, what about the people which don't know English, should they be confined to just not express themselves on the net? I remember chatting to an Asian (Chinese I think) which said she'd studied English for 10 years - and still had to look up words all the time, she was far worse at it than me.
One of the photo sites I frequent has managed to draw in people from all around the world, and among the best opinions/critiques I've seen (of my work) has come from someone which had to mainly resort to babblefish.
But then again I LOVE watching films in foreign languages - even if I don't understand a single word (subtitles are nice though). Just they way they talk, the culture/... (I can't come up with a better explanation) that comes with the language.
Quote:Again, I feel terribly biased, as I'm a student of English, and actually have a natural fondless/love for the English language, moreso than my mother tongue.
I can only speak for myself, but my language (Norwegian) is pathetically poor in lexicon. I don't know how many words there are in the Norwegian language, but I' quite certain English has somewhere between 5 and 10 times more. ...
Ah, I feel the same way for Swedish. One conversation I had about Swedish music being so bad came to the conclusion that there's so many more words in English to express a certain thing.
I am by no means a music buff, but the only Swedish music I find in my collection is Kent, whos music by the way when (they) convert it to English sounds horrible. I like some more Swedish bands, but they sing in English . . .
Quote:I should also mention that I believe a multitude of languages on the Internet can only slow down the flow of information.
That I can't agree with, what about the people which don't know English, should they be confined to just not express themselves on the net? I remember chatting to an Asian (Chinese I think) which said she'd studied English for 10 years - and still had to look up words all the time, she was far worse at it than me.
One of the photo sites I frequent has managed to draw in people from all around the world, and among the best opinions/critiques I've seen (of my work) has come from someone which had to mainly resort to babblefish.
But then again I LOVE watching films in foreign languages - even if I don't understand a single word (subtitles are nice though). Just they way they talk, the culture/... (I can't come up with a better explanation) that comes with the language.