why do we use language as barrier?

[etilit]

are we afraid of one another that much? or are we protecting who we are? what we have? what we think what we will get?

when we understand... than life does what?

 

[Tjerk12]

Do we? Language can't be that difficult. Wherever you go and how strange some languages may sound, in fact they can't be difficult, because even little kids are able to speak it.

 

[Casanova]

I don't specifically believe that people always use language as a barrier. Comprehension is something which we must develop, and sometimes it's a painful task. Not everyone can do this, and some people would pay thousands to learn another language which they may still have great difficulty in comprehending or expressing in the end.

Hell, sometimes I would communicate with someone who speaks the very same language as I, and I would have no clue what on earth he's talking about, due to accentuation of words, usage of dialects, excessive usage of grandiloquence, horrible syntax and so forth. So no, not everyone uses language as a barrier.

However, there are cases where people, due to culture, refuse to communicate with someone who speaks with the native tongue of a rival country (such as two countries with some war history). Or due to political reasons within a country, such as Belgium which is known for their language divide.

So I say it really all depends on culture and the individual in question as if and why they use language as a barrier, but I belive not everyone does this deliberately

 

[b4pxku4u]

I think I agree with Casanova. It is undoubtedly used as means of protection sometimes and by some people more than others. But there are many things which surpass language and speak to everyone individually (music, nature, love, faith...)

 

[name_1]

Hmmmm the way i interpret this thread, is that etilit is frustrated that there are so many different languages and one human being, an individual, cannot simply travel around the globe and interact with everyone?

Like casanova and b4pxku4u, i dont think language is used purposefully as a barrier. The different languages are part of one's culture and identity and was formed simply to communicate. Different people in different part of the world simply formed different words to communicate. So, yup, its is a barrier but nope, not intentional. chillaxxxx!

 

[etilit]

Hmmmm the way i interpret this thread, is that etilit is frustrated that there are so many different languages and one human being, an individual, cannot simply travel around the globe and interact with everyone?

thanks babe that was my point lol

no matter what i know or think!!! i cant ever communicate it to u