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juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#126: Aug 21st 2011 at 1:06:08 PM

This is how I will ensure my immortality. It starts with stupid catchphrases, but soon I will influence people strongly enough that they will recapitulate exactly what I would say or even do without my presence.

...welp, he already won.

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#127: Aug 21st 2011 at 1:22:10 PM

Yes, but an identity multiplicity can lead to disunity in a state.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
LolipodDistortion HIP HOP HIPSTER from Austin, Texas Since: Aug, 2010
HIP HOP HIPSTER
#128: Aug 21st 2011 at 1:42:53 PM

Buffy is so ridiculously awesome I can't even begin to describe it.

Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#129: Aug 21st 2011 at 1:54:44 PM

Good Lolipod. It's good to see you joining the herd

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
Syera from Wibble Since: Jan, 2001
#130: Aug 21st 2011 at 1:59:11 PM

Disney Fairies. I love it. I expected some kinda cheap saccharine-laden swill, but it's actually really good. Between it and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, I have hope for entertainment aimed at girls yet.

Fantastic Weapon Generator!
pagad Sneering Imperialist from perfidious Albion Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Sneering Imperialist
#131: Aug 23rd 2011 at 8:43:23 AM

Coupling.

With cannon shot and gun blast smash the alien. With laser beam and searing plasma scatter the alien to the stars.
annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#132: Aug 23rd 2011 at 8:53:35 AM

I can understand preserving the how to of a dead language for study, but revival doesn't make sense to me. Why would you intentionally bring back a dead language and prop it up as something for people to speak?

Because there are people in the world with a strong cultural identity who will want to do that.

Hebrew is a successful example. When in diaspora, the Jews preserved classical Hebrew in their scriptures, and when Israel was reborn in the Middle East, they revived Hebrew and made it their national language. About 5 million people speak Hebrew as their first language now.

Cornish is an example in the works. There are bilingual programs and schools in Cornwall devoted to teaching the next generation Cornish alongside English. About 2000 people are fluent right now, and if enthusiasm continues, the future generations will even become native speakers.

People in Scotland and Ireland respectfully are trying to preserve Scots Gaelic and Irish respectively, though those languages haven't really died.

Take, for example, Aynu itak. Aynu died in the 90's, I believe, with its last speaker. However, the Ainu people still live there with a strong cultural identity, and in the future they may wish to revive it. They are probably trying to revive it right now.

Ah, yes, Hawaiian is another example of a reviving language and culture. I believe that the language and culture of a people are bond together by blood, so if you destroy one, you hurt the other. Languages are built around the daily lives of the people who speak them, so the culture of the people are deeply encoded within the language. I believe that in order to properly study and fully understand a culture, you have to also familiarize yourself with its language and its corpus of songs and tales.

edited 23rd Aug '11 8:57:46 AM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
I'm Only Sleeping
#133: Aug 23rd 2011 at 9:03:48 AM

You know who did multilingualism? Austria-Hungary.

Behold the unholy merger of Kamen Rider and Homestuck.

INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.
Fluid Since: Jan, 2001
#134: Aug 23rd 2011 at 9:48:46 AM

Looks like Sollux alchemized himself an armor.

annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#135: Aug 23rd 2011 at 10:11:55 AM

[up][up] Multilingualism is a way of live for people in India, and also aboriginals in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

edited 23rd Aug '11 10:12:17 AM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#136: Aug 23rd 2011 at 1:57:21 PM

The Quantum Thief is the best book I've read since John Dies At The End, and it makes me feel like a genius, in no small part because it uses all sorts of fancy words like boson or words borrowed entirely from other languages like gevulot or tzaddik and all sorts of fucked-up physics and theory and whatnot... and my brain hasn't exploded.

BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
vigilantly taxonomish
#137: Aug 23rd 2011 at 2:24:14 PM

Language revival is a bit hit-and-miss. I like the Welsh language, and that's one that never actually died, but some people (in regions where it did die out) really aren't happy about having it imposed on them.

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dracosketch Since: Oct, 2011
#138: Aug 23rd 2011 at 2:28:15 PM

School. Sure, it maybe tough but that's fine by me.

tendollarlameo Remarkably Unremarkable Since: Aug, 2010
sirnoob Smárling Lendrmaðsson Since: Jan, 2011
Smárling Lendrmaðsson
#140: Aug 23rd 2011 at 3:13:43 PM

Gundam Unicorn

"badass" doesn't anything in after used end fail be fine.
juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#141: Aug 23rd 2011 at 3:36:36 PM

GTA IV was a blast back when I played it. I'm still rather fond of it. In fact, it's the only GTA game I really appreciate.

"My life is my own" | If you want to contact me privately, please ask first on the forum.
Bellacide trigger warning: bitch from Texashire Since: Apr, 2012
trigger warning: bitch
#142: Aug 23rd 2011 at 3:37:40 PM

I started watching Jenna Marbles' videos yesterday. She's really hilarious!

bye
Bellacide trigger warning: bitch from Texashire Since: Apr, 2012
trigger warning: bitch
#144: Aug 23rd 2011 at 10:52:59 PM

A friend just linked me to "Guile's Theme Goes with Everything". NEW OBSESSION.

bye
Alkthash Was? Since: Jan, 2001
Was?
#145: Aug 23rd 2011 at 10:55:19 PM

Because there are people in the world with a strong cultural identity who will want to do that.

Ah then it is something I will never grok. The concept of being attached to what a bunch of dead people who are genetically/geographically related to me never made much sense.

HappyComputerist Wananana~ from Doublecross Since: Dec, 2012
Wananana~
#146: Sep 4th 2011 at 1:20:28 AM

I don't know if this is fully an obsession yet, but I am beginning to get interested in Cartoon Cartoons again. Maybe its because I have alot of fond memories of watching them.

Un-frickin-touchable.
cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#147: Sep 4th 2011 at 1:21:44 AM

It's that time of the year again....

alot of The Academy Is..., TAYF era Taking Back Sunday, and My Chemical Romance.

sabrina_diamond iSanity! from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
#148: Sep 4th 2011 at 3:11:36 AM

Doctor Who 10th doctor and Vocaloid Kaaaito/Len :D

In an anime, I'll be the Tsundere Dark Magical Girl who likes purple MY own profile is actually HERE!
dracosketch Since: Oct, 2011
#149: Sep 4th 2011 at 6:56:39 PM

Cambodian and Vietnamese music.

LiberatedLiberater 奇跡の魔女 from [DATA EXPUNGED] Since: Jun, 2011

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