If I could change the world in only one way, I would want everyone to be able to understand any language, spoken or written. There could be no more misunderstandings because everyone would understand exactly what the other person was trying to convey. There would no longer be any ambiguity over what a person "meant" when s/he said such and such. Imagine... trolls would disappear over night! lol
But seriously, without the ambiguity of language, nations could no longer use the language barrier as an excuse for their actions. There could be dialogue between diverse religions because words could no longer be misconstrued or taken the wrong way, that is of course, providing the words were not meant as a slur in the first place.
You could go anywhere in the world and expect to be understood and understand without difficulty. You could pick up Dostoevsky in the original Russian and read it without worrying that the translator took liberties with ambiguous terms.
Language is really the biggest stumbling block to proper dialogue between any dissenting parties. If we could all speak and read any language, other little issues would surely evaporate in enough time. At the very least, no one would malign another person for speaking with an accent, or speaking a language poorly when visiting a foreign place.
December 2nd
Buddhists pay homage to the world's oldest documented tree. Planted in 288 BC, it is an offshoot of the tree Buddha gained enlightenment beneath.
This is the feast day of Shiva in the Hindu religion.
Gwyl o Rhiannon, the Feast of Rhiannon, begins at sundown.
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I agree. I think that would be awesome. In academics, language is such a big deal--you have to know certain languages if you want to study something. Just think how much easier it would be to learn if everyone wrote the same language.
@heidenkind - Yeah, and if anyone could speak, read, and understand any language, no language could ever be lost. Someone could uncover a 10,000 year old proto-language on a tablet in the desert and there'd be no scramble to deciphering it or misdecipher it. No controversy... Now I just need to find a djinni and put in this wish.
Ohh, I like! It would certainly widen everyone's possiblities - imagine how much more people would probably travel! Ohh, and all the culture
Would be very, very awesome.
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