<p>I guess the lesson learned here today ist hat Greek is more elitist, Spanish is more the language of the populace.</p>
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I can't beleive they put Japanese and Chinese ahead of the Greek AP exam.
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<p>Uh, your love for all things Greek has made you extremely biased. Both the Japanese and Chinese languages have great academic and practical value, given their rich history and current relevance in today's world (Greek has only one of the two). Chinese civilization IS the oldest in the world, so there's an eternity of history there to be learned, if only you could take off your Hellenistic blindfold. </p>
<p>No good Spanish literature? You're obviously not looking hard enough. Or maybe your literary sense of adventure is a 12th grade probe exploring the exciting and fresh treads into Homer, Milton, and Shakespeare. </p>
<p>I think most people in the business world have some rudimentary understanding of English. So the excuse "I don't need to learn that language b/c its people are probably bilingual anyway" pretty much means that you don't think that language is worth learning.</p>
<p>People learn a language for many reasons. some is that they may major in it. others they love it and some just need a langauge. You can't trace any old language to it's begining because the language was different then. Like Mandarin is a fairly modern way of Chinese. That's where you're wrong, I'm Chinese so that's why i'm saying these things. I know a lot about my own culture, which is why European Culture interests me.</p>
<p>It's not that I have a Hellenistic Blindfold it's more of a sickness of Chinese Culture. I like Japanese Culture though. If you go around asking people in the world about those books, there's a high chance they don't know it. People know the Odyssey because they read it in 9th grade throughout the US and various European Countries. I never said Chinese is bad, how could I diss my own culture? </p>
<p>PS; I never said that sentence you just wrote.</p>
<p>There is no beta on the keyboard...and I dont know the alt command...</p>
<p>...haven't...heard...of....don...Quixote.....</p>
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<p>Don't overthink it man lol, I'm cool with you. When I'm in a bad mood I might type how I was typing 2 days ago, because I hurt my knee again, but thats a different story.</p>
<p>Luwain,
hehe Thanks. Yes, right out of the good ol' Greek dictionary, Liddell and Scott. Interestingly, I ran into it a few times in texts, and my name is derived from the word, hence the screen name. It works well.
Xaire.</p>
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<p>So, Greek or Spanish?</p>
<p>So I'm still thinking Greek, how does spanish make your life easier?</p>
<p>"So I'm still thinking Greek, how does spanish make your life easier?"</p>
<p>So take Greek...no one really cares. Are you trying to get us to convince you to take Spanish?</p>
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<p>Fine, Greek may help you get into college or make you feel "elite", but Spanish is more useful in the CURRENT world.</p>
<p>You have been defending Greek throughout this whole thread. Therefore, you obviously have a stronger attachment to the language. Take Greek, no one here really cares to debate it with you any longer.</p>
<p>Wasn't Don Quixote originally intended to be just slapstick humor?</p>
<p>Well, everything wasn't what it seemed. Homer was a Barter that sang the Odyssey. Plato was normal i guess.</p>
<p>What about Modern Greek?</p>
<p>You usually learn Ancient Greek.</p>
<p>很多人已经说在美国西班牙特别有用。</p>
<p>You seem to want to learn Ancient Greek for the fun of it. But, know that college educated speakers of Modern Greek can read Classical Greek with relative ease. So, why not learn a language that is currently spoken versus a language which is not?</p>
<p>Ancient Greek is offered in most schools.</p>
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<p>And i think you could flip that; Ancient Greek can read Modern Greek.</p>