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I agree with this.bhoeyb wrote:The more languages you can understand / speak, as more easy it is to help yourself in foreign countries.
I like the regional differences, it is what makes traveling interesting. But I don't think that boundaries are necessary to preserve them.Donald wrote:It helps you conserve your regional identity.micro wrote:I wonder what sense all those separatist attempts make in a unified Europe.
An example: As a German you are perceived as somebody who wears "Lederhosen". Well, we know, that you don't - only Bavarians wear Lederhosen. Some day you might get sick of being confused with the Lederhosen wearing Bavarians and you may become a Hamburgian separatist. Separatism would help you keep your local language alive. If you don't show some regional selfconfidence, in 100 years or so nobody will understand what "Hummel hummel, mors mors un Schitt in de Büx" means.
It is a widely spread opinion that humanity looses much when languages extinct.
I, on the contrary, don't like to have so many languages. I don't care if the Scotsmen separate, but I expect them to choose English as their official language I would be annoyed if they introduced their regional language. I appreciate that the Irishmen are going to forget their language and speak English.
I don't think boundaries are important to preserve them, but I do think that having an own political system is. If the area is a subpart of an area that tries to be monolingual, its rights can't be as good as they should be.micro wrote: I like the regional differences, it is what makes traveling interesting. But I don't think that boundaries are necessary to preserve them.
But you say this in excellent english!micro wrote: And, like you, I don't like the lot of different languages. Languages don't come easy to me, and so I would highly appreciate if the whole world spoke the same language.
