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but really you shouldn't go on sheer numbers alone. the best way to decide what should be the international language would be who you're most likely

Posted by mafic Nov 19 '09, 11:06

to meet while travelling abroad, in which case it's probably still english. not as many mandarin-speakers get out of china, is what I'm saying.

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w3 5h0u1d ju57 u53 1337 45 t3h 14ngu4g3 0f ch01c3 -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 19, 11:08 1
- D0'N7 J00 m3aN "w3 5h0u1d ju57 u53 1337 45 th3 l4ngu4g3 0f ch01c3"? -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 19, 11:10
you can decide all what you want about what should be the international language - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:07 16
- *laughing* Who are you and what have you done with the Dane? -- nm - Loyola Nov 19, 11:09
- totally agreed ... people study English because it *is* the secondary language, not because it *should* be. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:08 14
  - and when bollywood makes more movies and more wideli distributed movies than Hollywood we will all speak hindi -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:10 3
    - Ironically, more and more Bollywood movies are becoming English and Hindi language, to help try to crack the American market -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 19, 11:12
    - interestingly, English is one of the official languages of India. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:11 1
      - thank god it's not "tamil" or Sri lankaen -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:12
  - I'm just saying that it both is and - for the time being at least - probably logically should be. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:10 9
    - I think in this case they go together. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:10
    - but if you already speak english and want to learn a second language, what then? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:10 7
      - Binary. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 11:13
      - going by my rationale above, probably spanish. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:11
      - language of love. -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:11
      - then you're a lucky person and you get to choose. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:10 3
        
        "Cockney Rhyming Slang!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:11 2
        
        even better: Cockney Blank Rhyming Slang -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 11:15
        
        Bristols! -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:12
agree. I did not mean to imply that Mandarin should be the one. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:07
agreed. -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:06

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but really you shouldn't go on sheer numbers alone. the best way to decide what should be the international language would be who you're most likely

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