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Would You Adopt A Universal Language? - RF Cafe Forums
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Post subject: Would You Adopt A Universal Language?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:27 pm
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Would you be willing to adopt a single, world-wide
spoken and written international language as a second
language in order to facilitate the global exchange
of information? I would, and I currently speak only
English. Let me state up front that I am
not of a One-World mindset. I am an ardent believer
in sovereignty of countries and the rights of citizens
to defend their countries from aggression with or
without the help of other countries (unilateralism),
including preemptive actions. I would celebrate
the dissolution of the United Nations, whose top
administrators pocket food-for-oil money and permit
Iraqi citizens to be starved and abused, to mention
just one contemporary atrocity. That said,
I do believe that breaking down the communication
barrier across the globe represents a paradigm shift
that would precipitate the single greatest conservation
of resources imaginable. Consider the time, material
and opportunity lost to accommodating the world’s
plethora of languages, which no single person can
even come close to learning. The goodwill benefit
would be huge. No one would be forced to espouse
such a universally agreed-upon language, but those
refusing to get on-board would by default be voluntarily
relegating themselves to eventual isolation from
much of the outside world. People in the business,
scientific, technical and medical worlds would likely
be the early adopters since they have the most to
gain. Arriving at a universal language would
not be an easy task and might be destined for failure
since some ill-appointed, politically-motivated
committee would probably be convened to take up
the chore. If, however, representatives of the aforementioned
likely early adopter groups took on the commission,
a reasonable solution might result. Perhaps the
project could begin with a study of existing communications
and search for a dominating language or group of
languages, then poll the user population based on
results. I’m no linguist or etymologist, but it
seems many of the language groups have large similarities
that could be reduced to root forms, producing maybe
three or four base languages that could then be
combined to generate a singe universal language.
Admittedly, finding a way to combine European and
Asian languages would not be a simple task, but
the ingenuity of some people is amazing. Computer
programmers in concert with a world full of Einsteinian
thinkers that can write code for dissecting the
human genome surely are up to the challenge.
This global language would not eliminate the
native tongues of cultures, but would eliminate
the burden of deciding which other language or languages
to learn when a person’s livelihood is dependent
upon exchanging information internationally and
across cultural boundaries. Preservation of existing
languages is indeed crucial for historical and ethnical
purposes. There will always be plenty of people
ready, willing and able to learn other languages
of the world either as a hobby or for specific vocational
work. Those of us who find learning new languages
to be akin to a sculptor learning differential equations
would appreciate the help. - Kirt Blattenberger
Registration is not necessary to vote in the poll.
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 2:33 pm
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enzo |
Post subject: universal language
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:40 pm
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Wasn't that tried already with Esperanto???
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 8:38 am
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This proposed language would make lots of lawyers
rich and then fail.
When communicating with
those that speak another language, we use a translater.
The translator knows, and we know, that we have
to be aware that we must be careful to understand
the meaning of what has been said and what is the
meaning of the translation.
If we had a universal
language, people would expect to be understood when
they speak it. English is a language taught in many
countries and to me is a model for my comment. A
f a n n y pack in the US is something to carry spare
spark plugs, tire patch, and wrenches in. That sure
is not the meaning of the word in Ireland.
Even within the continental U.S. words do not
have consistent meanings. Here in Florida, a gopher
has 4 legs, a hard shell, and moves very slowly.
In the midwest, a gopher has 4 legs, covered with
fur and moves very fast. In Southern Illinois they
use the word ignorant to say stupid and the word
stupid to say ignorant. Stupid and ignorant are
very different things.
"That's a bad car."
So that's good ?
This inconsistency of
definitions will always be a problem with a spoken
language. This is why medical fields use Latin.
It is not spoken anymore so the words will change
meaning within our lifetime.
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Post subject: Re: universal language
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 9:15 am
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enzo wrote:
Wasn't that tried already with Esperanto???
Here is an informative article on Esperanto.
"Esperanto was developed during the period 1877-1885
by L.L. Zamenhof of Warsaw, Poland (then Russia).
Zamenhof, who grew up in a polyglot society, was
convinced that a common language would be necessary
to resolve many of the problems that lead to strife
and conflict..."
http://www.webcom.com/~donh/efaq.html
As recently as 20 years ago, prior to websites
and e-mail, the need to communicate across multilingual
boundaries was relatively small. Today, such an
ability would resould in an explosion of information
sharing. Many of the world's darkest secrets would
come to light thanks to the type of Blogosphere
environment that recently exposed the Dan Rather
debacle. Scientific knowledge would advance at a
much greater rate if access was expanded to the
entire worldwide community. - Kirt Blattenberger

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Post subject: Just not Russian
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:54 am
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Hi All,
If you already choose an international
language, please let it not be Russian or Russian
oriented language, this language sounds so gross
way much beyond redemption.
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:43 pm
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