NationStates Jolt Archive

thanks for the votes:)

thanks for the votes:)
*waits impatiently for poll*

Why do I get the feeling Kernewek won't been an option?

Silence.

When people speak the tend to say stupid things.

Binary.

Chinese? :confused:

the polls on now!!

Latin.

It's logical, ordered, and regal. If you don't like it, allow me to quote Ovid: "Rident stolidi verba Latina.":D

Australian? :confused:

English! Hurrah! But that's pretty much only because it's the only language I can actually speak, unless you count a disjointed knowledge of Spanish lol.

Incidentally isn't Australian the same as English (pretty much anyway)? Unless we're talking aboriginal Australian.

Oh and Maori is pretty cool too.

Latin.

It's logical, ordered, and regal. If you don't like it, allow me to quote Ovid: "Rident stolidi verba Latina.":D

yeah, nevermind the sadistic mess of conjugations.

Erm... since when has 'Australian' been a separate language? They might use some strange words, but it's still English.

There is no best language.

There is no best language.

Yes there is! English :p :D ;)

Hehehe, kidding btw. But it is a pretty cool language. And very satisfying to cuss in - although I hear Swahili is very good for that too.

Queen's English.

None of this 'American English' business, if you're going to speak English then use the Oxford dictionary.

Maths. It is universal.

In practical terms English is best cos it has the most words, but Japanese sounds the coolest.

English. It's also demonstrably easier to learn; I became competent with the language before I can even remember, but, despite considerable effort since then, I've yet to become anything other than totally incompetent with any other language I've tried.

"Rident stolidi verba Latina.":D
My friend does Latin classes i think it means whoever laughs at the latin language is silly or something like that:confused:

Inform yourself:
Chinese is not a language, it's several
Brazilian?
Australian?
Are you pulling our legs perchance?

My friend does Latin classes i think it means whoever laughs at the latin language is silly or something like that:confused:
Closer to "Fools laugh at the Latin language."

thanks for the votes:)

Why is there no Russian language as a choice?

Do you have something against Slavs??

yeah, nevermind the sadistic mess of conjugations.
Exactly my point. If you can figure out Latin conjugations and noun endings, what can't you do?

Chinese is not a language, it's several
Without qualification it refers to 'Mandarin' Chinese, the official Chinese.

Without qualification it refers to 'Mandarin' Chinese, the official Chinese.
What does Australian refer to?

Binary.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that dont.

Whichever language is the easiest to learn, is the best.

aboriginal Australian.
Sorry that's what i meant:(

Proto-Indo-European is clearly the best, since the majority of the world speaks languages descended from it. :p

Why is there no Russian language as a choice?

Do you have something against Slavs??
No i did the first 10 that came into my head:p

Closer to "Fools laugh at the Latin language."
thats the one:D

"Fools laugh at the Latin language."

And idiots learn it :p :D

First off, Australian isn't a language. Second, you're simply asking what the best language is, without stating by what measure. I think the latin based languages and latin itself all sound lyrical in their usage, but in matters of efficiency, English is the most efficient language. It allows one to articulate a statement without using more words then neccesary and articulate it in a manner where it can't be easily misinterpereted. In the case of Mandarin and Cantonese, one statement, based on differences in inflection and intonation can have 3 different meanings. Not the most efficient way to have a language, especially when you're using their character system. The chinese keyboard has 4 seperate possible shifts for each key.

French is lovely. It sounds beautiful it describes beautifully, and it makes it really easy to sound sexy even if you look like the back end of a bus. Vraiment.

Queen's English.

None of this 'American English' business, if you're going to speak English then use the Oxford dictionary.

I salute you, sir!

Most annoying language: Chav. I actually read someone who wrote in chav in their mock english GCSE exam. The memory still brings tears to the eyes...

I can't believe no-one has said 1337 yet.


Oh, damn.

The best language is the one I'm working on making, of course. It is both beautiful and efficient, with few irregularities. I'm even working on a writing system for it based on concrete poetry.

Lóiààmiúkkise luò tuóóníllintai, èliinsusaai sèssutaisáái uón lékkisa làutníllintaisá, sáikika à kétlintaisá kótlintai uòòl
-- Lèt lànnáseppusai Siùláttunsai!

Do not be as the Lawyer-eel [hagfish] and avoid danger whilst exploiting others but confront it with courage and live honestly instead.
-- Thus praught Siulattunsai!

Kolììŋkisui ú tónákitaai, kólintaai!

Workers of the world, unite!

Of course, other than my language, Italian is probably the most beautiful of the ones on the list, though if you ask me, one of the Khoisan languages like Nàmá or !Xóõ would be a much better choice, as would Mohawk or Cheyenne.

No language is as precise and expressive in such a broad range of fields.

No language has such a complicated, rich history.

No language has a more arcane written system (though china may tie).

No other language has produced a work of scholarship on par with the OED.

English!

Sure there are thousands of other languages on Earth, but only one that kicks ass! Besides, do I see people RP'ing in Arabic or Esperanto, no me so think!

Since when is Brazilian a language?

No language is as precise and expressive in such a broad range of fields.

No language has such a complicated, rich history.

No language has a more arcane written system (though china may tie).

No other language has produced a work of scholarship on par with the OED.

As what? (Sorry I'm probably being really dense here)

no hebrew?

ah... but what do you want it to be best for? Each language is deeply rooted in the culture it's spoken in, not to mention the fact that whatever your native language is, you're bound to like it to some extent because you can express yourself most accurately in your mother tongue.
... at least that's the case for most people.

I also find your choices a little ethnocentric... lots of indo-european choices, 'cept maybe for chinese.

As what? (Sorry I'm probably being really dense here)

Oops!

English, I mean.

Though, the OED should have indicated that ;)

Mea culpa, in any case.

Im am pretty outraged. I now that my countries specific cultural characteristcs aren't very known, but calling our language Brazilian is at the least an insult. We speak Portuguese, like from Portugal.

Det här är inte ens värdigt en kommentar. "Brasilienska." Så idiotiskt.

Det här är inte ens värdigt en kommentar. "Brasilienska." Så idiotiskt.
Could you please translate that to English, Spanish or Portuguese?

.......please??

I vote Russian (yea... not a choice:( ). Interesting to learn, read, and write (hard as anything to say... correctly).

Gujurati/Hindi are awesome as well. I haven't even tried that one.

Korean is fun to listen to as well.

Latin!

By the way, there is no chinese, brazilian and australian languages....

You know, if you're gonna start stupid polls you could at least let me laugh, I thought the Australian option was a joke untill you qualified it with Aboriginal thang :).

Btw, I'm wondering how you decided on your options- did you put any thought into it.

What is "best?" For international utility, probably English or Chinese. For sexiness, French. For sound, Italian or Spanish.

kölsch ...

How do you tell whether you speak English or Australian? o.o I mean... I don't live in Australia so I'd tend to think I speak English, but I always thought they spoke English is Australia too...

Anyway, I voted English. It's a good example of the creativity of mankind =P

scandanavian languages sound fun, and look pretty cool.

the polynesian languages are pretty good too, and fairly easy to learn. They all sprout out of the same root. As such, the words Hawai'i, Tahiti, and Samoa (the names of the major islands of each cluster as well as the cluster) all come from Havaiki (poor spelling) meaning "central land". Shows how much a language can evolve in isolation in a short time.

english...
...because i speak it

Doitsch!

kölsch ...

Kölsch kannich mit lehm, abba Ruhrdeutsch is dat Höchste. Woll?