According to a politician, BILINGUALISM IS EVIL. Really? Sometimes. What about having to listen to multi-lingual summit?
Dr. Jose P. Rizal was a linguist, knew many languages such as: Spanish, Chinese, German, Filipino (Tagalog), Russian, American English.
Somewhere along the way, you'll be caught up with the great mess of a MIXing the true essence of what you have said simply because there are intonations, accent and true meaning of the words. You could ramble each word and you'll miss the point and true meaning or definition.
The Chinese language for example is not as simple as you think it is. The spelling of the characters they use in symbols, written and pronunciation of the words are all different in a way very complicated to grasp and understand. Let us have an example of a Chinese name Weng Wanzhou.
For non-Chinese you pronounce her name as "Weng Wanshoe." But actually is Weng Wanjo as the correct pronunciation. Are you sure? Baka mamaya sya ang maging "face" ng $5 after fifty years!
Washoe! Is he still alive? It's next to impossible to know the gender of Chinese names that's why they also use English names as it corresponds for their Chinese names. You have a hard time pronouncing their names anyway.
Ex. Jackie Chan = Sylvester Stallone
Tagalog is not easy to learn because the pronunciation of the words simply not the same as it is written but Filipinos like foreigners who are trying hard to learn the language even if their "e" becomes "i." Or the letter b becomes v.
French is wth trying to make everyone learn it in Canada when the Parliamentary Head is symbolized by a British Queen who speaks British English and we haven't hear her speak French in anyway.
For those who love the bilingual interpretation of everything and being a multi-lingual that you are, whoever you are... nothing's perfect. You can only be perfect in one language but you can have perfections in all the languages that you used. It's impossible. The French spoken in Quebec and French language being used in France is absolutely different. Yeah, that's fair enough, really nothing's perfect. Nobody's perfect!
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