07-31-2012, 03:44 PM
Honestly, if I had to pick the worldwide language, I'd seriously consider Spanish. There are far fewer “exceptions that prove the rule” than English. There's something really nice about being able to point at a letter and say, "This letter makes this sound. Always."
Not to say it was perfect. The Subjunctive (iirc?) tense was pretty fucked up. There’s got to be a language out there somewhere where a major part of teaching it isn’t “well, you just have to go out there and learn to feel when to use what.” I'm not too familiar with many of the non-romantic languages. Maybe Asia has something useful.
Also for the record, in case it wasn’t abundantly clear, I was (mostly) kidding about the metric thing. Counting by tens makes more sense than 12s and 3s and 4s and whatever the hell else we use. That said, I do get a proud chuckle out of the fact that we’re always all like, “Nope. Fuck you guys. We’re doing it this way.”
Not to say it was perfect. The Subjunctive (iirc?) tense was pretty fucked up. There’s got to be a language out there somewhere where a major part of teaching it isn’t “well, you just have to go out there and learn to feel when to use what.” I'm not too familiar with many of the non-romantic languages. Maybe Asia has something useful.
Also for the record, in case it wasn’t abundantly clear, I was (mostly) kidding about the metric thing. Counting by tens makes more sense than 12s and 3s and 4s and whatever the hell else we use. That said, I do get a proud chuckle out of the fact that we’re always all like, “Nope. Fuck you guys. We’re doing it this way.”