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Quote from: hykeaswell on February 11, 2014, 09:25:21 AMQuote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 12:24:03 AMIt's happening everywhere and it's not a good thing.The US is a fantastic country but it isn't all there is.What I find hard is how politicians think they can just implement what they like, in a different setting. It is like doing a cross-species transplant. One cannot just take one thing from a culture and implement it in a totally different culture, just like that. And then hope it will not change what works well in that culture.What I find even harder is how people inject American expressions in their everyday speech. They are killing their language and not even caring.And, of course, the Americanisms, the poorly translated expressions, especially those by sports journalists (who should all be killed to save whatever little there is left of our written language).I should start a thread about sports journalism.
Quote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 12:24:03 AMIt's happening everywhere and it's not a good thing.The US is a fantastic country but it isn't all there is.What I find hard is how politicians think they can just implement what they like, in a different setting. It is like doing a cross-species transplant. One cannot just take one thing from a culture and implement it in a totally different culture, just like that. And then hope it will not change what works well in that culture.
It's happening everywhere and it's not a good thing.The US is a fantastic country but it isn't all there is.
Quote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 11:58:48 PMQuote from: hykeaswell on February 11, 2014, 09:25:21 AMQuote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 12:24:03 AMIt's happening everywhere and it's not a good thing.The US is a fantastic country but it isn't all there is.What I find hard is how politicians think they can just implement what they like, in a different setting. It is like doing a cross-species transplant. One cannot just take one thing from a culture and implement it in a totally different culture, just like that. And then hope it will not change what works well in that culture.What I find even harder is how people inject American expressions in their everyday speech. They are killing their language and not even caring.And, of course, the Americanisms, the poorly translated expressions, especially those by sports journalists (who should all be killed to save whatever little there is left of our written language).I should start a thread about sports journalism.What kind of American expressions?
Quote from: Jack on February 13, 2014, 07:06:53 PMQuote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 11:58:48 PMQuote from: hykeaswell on February 11, 2014, 09:25:21 AMQuote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 12:24:03 AMIt's happening everywhere and it's not a good thing.The US is a fantastic country but it isn't all there is.What I find hard is how politicians think they can just implement what they like, in a different setting. It is like doing a cross-species transplant. One cannot just take one thing from a culture and implement it in a totally different culture, just like that. And then hope it will not change what works well in that culture.What I find even harder is how people inject American expressions in their everyday speech. They are killing their language and not even caring.And, of course, the Americanisms, the poorly translated expressions, especially those by sports journalists (who should all be killed to save whatever little there is left of our written language).I should start a thread about sports journalism.What kind of American expressions?Not going there. Sorry.
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Quote from: odeon on February 14, 2014, 06:06:03 PMQuote from: Jack on February 13, 2014, 07:06:53 PMQuote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 11:58:48 PMQuote from: hykeaswell on February 11, 2014, 09:25:21 AMQuote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 12:24:03 AMIt's happening everywhere and it's not a good thing.The US is a fantastic country but it isn't all there is.What I find hard is how politicians think they can just implement what they like, in a different setting. It is like doing a cross-species transplant. One cannot just take one thing from a culture and implement it in a totally different culture, just like that. And then hope it will not change what works well in that culture.What I find even harder is how people inject American expressions in their everyday speech. They are killing their language and not even caring.And, of course, the Americanisms, the poorly translated expressions, especially those by sports journalists (who should all be killed to save whatever little there is left of our written language).I should start a thread about sports journalism.What kind of American expressions?Not going there. Sorry.Why not?
Quote from: odeon on February 14, 2014, 06:06:03 PMQuote from: Jack on February 13, 2014, 07:06:53 PMQuote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 11:58:48 PMQuote from: hykeaswell on February 11, 2014, 09:25:21 AMQuote from: odeon on February 11, 2014, 12:24:03 AMIt's happening everywhere and it's not a good thing.The US is a fantastic country but it isn't all there is.What I find hard is how politicians think they can just implement what they like, in a different setting. It is like doing a cross-species transplant. One cannot just take one thing from a culture and implement it in a totally different culture, just like that. And then hope it will not change what works well in that culture.What I find even harder is how people inject American expressions in their everyday speech. They are killing their language and not even caring.And, of course, the Americanisms, the poorly translated expressions, especially those by sports journalists (who should all be killed to save whatever little there is left of our written language).I should start a thread about sports journalism.What kind of American expressions?Not going there. Sorry.America, fuck yeah!
Thinking it looks like I did catch some Czech germs after all.
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Well, mostly because I can't be arsed but also because the whole thing annoys me.