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jar
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Message 31 of 205 (433134)
11-10-2007 10:00 AM
Reply to: Message 30 by Jon
11-10-2007 7:00 AM


Re: Languages w/in their Kind
But, just as the gene is one derived from the original man, so to must be the language a language derived from the original language.
Huh?
Do you mean that the child learns the language he is immersed in, or that all languages must have one common root?
If the later, how do you precluded more than one language invention event?

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Message 56 of 205 (434091)
11-14-2007 12:37 PM
Reply to: Message 55 by ringo
11-14-2007 12:35 PM


Wennie, weedy, weaky.

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Message 143 of 205 (434709)
11-16-2007 11:13 PM
Reply to: Message 141 by dwise1
11-16-2007 6:22 PM


Re: History as a Second Language
Check out the Gradeshnitsa tablets which date IIRC to about 5000 BCE.

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Message 161 of 205 (434816)
11-17-2007 2:22 PM
Reply to: Message 159 by IamJoseph
11-17-2007 12:36 PM


Of course we know much about the origins of Hebrew
Of course we know much about the origins of Hebrew.
Origins of Hebrew
Hebrew is a Semitic language, and as such a member of the larger Afro-Asiatic phylum.
Within Semitic, the Northwest Semitic languages formed around the 3rd millennium BCE, grouped with the Arabic languages as Central Semitic. The Canaanite languages are a group within Northwest Semitic, emerging in the 2nd millennium BCE in the Levant, gradually separating from Aramaic and Ugaritic.
Within the Canaanite group, Hebrew belongs to the sub-group also containing Edomite, Ammonite and Moabite: see Hebrew languages. Another Canaanite sub-group contains Phoenician and its descendant Punic.
A lot is also known about the origins of Greek and many of the Indian (whatever that means) languages.

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Message 170 of 205 (434881)
11-17-2007 9:42 PM
Reply to: Message 169 by IamJoseph
11-17-2007 9:26 PM


Will you ever get anything right?
IamJoseph writes:
France and Spain were conquering nations same as Briton, but lost the language war.
"English is a West Germanic language originating in England, and the first language for most people in Australia, Canada, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (also commonly known as the Anglosphere)."
from this source
"Today, it is one of the official languages of Spain, most Latin American countries, and Equatorial Guinea. In total, 21 nations use Spanish as their primary language. Spanish is also one of six official languages of the United Nations."
from this source
So English is the Primary language in eight nations and Spanish is the Primary language in twenty-one nations.
So far you have never posted anything except jibberish and absolute falsehoods.
Is there any hope that you will one day contribute something that is not either false or nonsense?

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jar
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Message 175 of 205 (434896)
11-17-2007 10:28 PM
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11-17-2007 10:25 PM


Re: Will you ever get anything right?
I'm sorry but that is simply nonsense, jabberwocky and bullshit.
Can you EVER post anything that is not nonsense or false?

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jar
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Message 179 of 205 (434903)
11-17-2007 10:50 PM
Reply to: Message 177 by IamJoseph
11-17-2007 10:35 PM


Re: Will you ever get anything right?
I'm sorry but that is simply jabberwocky, nonsense and bullshit as well as your classic attempt to move goal posts. You are simply repeating assertions that have been shown to be false.
Between 1998 and 2001, English on the web decreased from 75% to 52% and the trend has continued. The fastest growing segments are Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. The majority of websites today are NOT in English.
Sorry but your posts are all just nonsense and falsehoods.

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jar
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Message 183 of 205 (434908)
11-17-2007 11:11 PM
Reply to: Message 181 by IamJoseph
11-17-2007 11:07 PM


Still wrong.
I'm sorry but all you are posting is nonsense.
In fact, between 2000-20007 the number of Chinese websites increased by almost 500% and the percentage of English language sites decreased to 31%.
Sorry but once again the facts seem to show your posts are full of shit.

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jar
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Message 186 of 205 (434914)
11-17-2007 11:30 PM
Reply to: Message 185 by IamJoseph
11-17-2007 11:23 PM


More misrepresentation and goal post moving
FYI, by first hand experience, I know that China is already implementing laws to avoid this future: it has rejected shows such as AMERICAN IDOL, and is insisting chinese be spoken, and also represented in songs and music. Guess why!
Likely because American Idol is an example of the general inanity of Americans. Can't say I blame them.
But that is still totally irrelevant to anything in this thread, another example of your failure to address the facts that have been presented and to instead try to move the goal posts.
Do you ever plan on presenting anything that is not either gibberish, nonsense or just plain false.
Are you trying to present the image of the Stupid Christian or is that just the way your posts portray Christianity?

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