petrushkagoogol Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 In highly evolved simians (humans by definition) the choice of words can cause a storm in a teacup. Consider 3 people - a techological innovator, a physicist and a psychologist trying to explain the catch-phrase "ahead of your Time" ... The tech geek says this equates to the latest multicore 3D chip that operates on a nano scale. The physicist says that Einstein's Relativity makes a time-leap impossible, since that would require you to travel faster than light, which would cause infinite time-dilation. The psychologist says that the phrase equates to a child prodigy, whose mental maturity far exceeds his chronological age. Sometimes I wish human evolution had stopped at chimpanzees !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrushkagoogol Posted June 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 According to my point of view, language is a tool of convergence if all the people living in the community have common language. If you are a European living in Beijing, you have to learn Mandarin (an illustration) ....The "community" you describe would override the native language of foreign expats intending to work in a particular country .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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