Over in GD, they're arguing about what should be the official world language

[struggle4progress]

6 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Klingon
	1 (17%)
	Coptic
	0 (0%)
	Esperanto
	0 (0%)
	Gutnish
	0 (0%)
	Pig latin
	1 (17%)
	Linear Elamite
	0 (0%)
	Spanglish
	0 (0%)
	Silbo Gomero
	1 (17%)
	Hazda
	1 (17%)
	STFU
	2 (33%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[LiberalEsto]

1. Estonian!

or the Elven-tongue

[Angry Dragon]

2. Dragon .................

the language of the gods

[pipi_k]

3. Yodan

Difficult it is not.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

9. 1+

Supportive of this I am!

[GoneOffShore]

4. Francais -

Sans doute.

[Chan790]

5. Mathematics.

If it's good enough for trying to communicate with the aliens, it's good enough for terrestrials.

[LiberalEsto]

6. They used it in the Tom Swift book series I read as a kid

Tom talked to his friends from Mars in mathematics.

[undeterred]

7. No Ubuntu

[Ptah]

8. Visual Basic 6.0

[Bluzmann57]

10. Gibberish

Gibberish should be, and is, the official language of most governments and media outlets. Therefore, that should be the official language of the world. Besides, I can understand gibberish.

[struggle4progress]

11. And it's a language that's already widely spoken!

[Llewlladdwr]

12. Kio? Neniu vocdonoj por Esperanto?

Ĉi tiu estas indigno!

[Agschmid]

13. 这将是这很快。

Just saying.

Those meaningless numbers and symbols were supposed to be this...



EPIC FAIL. on my part.

[struggle4progress]

14. I think you're just saying that

[Agschmid]

15. Naw now and then let's jusy say I make a DU

Whooooops! haha

[bobclark86]

16. Qapla! n/t

[struggle4progress]

17. lupDujHomwIj lubuy'moH gharghmey

[RedCloud]

18. "Love" is the universal language and makes the world go 'round.

QED

[geardaddy]

19. Dim bleidlais am y Gymraeg 'ta?

[Enrique]

20. the lolcat language

[whistler162]

21. Navajo!

[pokerfan]

27. our native language...

"And I believe the United States should let all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language: Apache."

[hay rick]

22. Lorem Ipsum.

Gangsta lorem ipsum on DU. http://lorizzle.nl/?feed=1

[hunter]

23. English easily borrows words and grammar from everywhere.

If by some incredible luck our current world civilization survives, then a world language will probably evolve from English. But this evolved language will be nothing like today's English and it will have strong regional flavors. My kids don't sound anything like my grandparents or my great grandparents. I can hear the influence of Mexico in the way they talk with friends they've grown up with.

I also like to think our many ancient languages will survive and be celebrated, and that bilingualism will be the norm.

But it's probably more likely we'll suffer a tower of Babel event. Global trade will grind to a halt, the population of humans will collapse, and local languages will diverge. Maybe a thousand years from now a traveler from Boston will have no idea what the people of San Francisco are saying, and neither will be able to understand the sailor from England.

[KamaAina]

24. Boont or Boontling

unique to the small town of Boonville ("Boont&quot in northern California.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boontling

Boontling is a jargon spoken only in Boonville in Northern California.

History and description of Boontling

Although based on English, Boontling's unusual words are unique to Boonville, California. Scottish Gaelic and Irish, and some Pomoan and Spanish, also contributed words to this jargon. Boontling was invented in the late 19th century and had quite a following at the turn of the 20th century. It is now mostly spoken only by aging counter-culturists and native Anderson Valley residents. Because the town of Boonville only has a little over 700 residents, Boontling is an extremely esoteric jargon, and is quickly becoming archaic. It has over a thousand unique words and phrases.

[dimbear]

25. I believe acceptance of Hazda is inevitable, as in It Hazda Be You. n/t

[ellisonz]

26. Chinglish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinglish

It's only logical.

[gejohnston]

29. I thought Vulcan would be

most logical.

[gejohnston]

28. Na’vi

[Rhythm]

30. Dothraki...

[datasuspect]

31. spanglish

chilango?

[Taverner]

32. THERE'S NO ENTRY FOR ARAMAIC!!!!