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09-08-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryzorian View Post
I wonder if they like learning english because it has so many words to describe so many different things with?
Then they would describe in Japanese instead of English. You have 2000 Chinese characters that would dwarf English's many meanings in individual words.

As for English's position, mostly it's because English is the medium of modern pop culture and "advanced" sectors of academia.

You gotta live in Asia to understand this.


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