Hello again my darlings! Today I was able to locate this, oddly fascinating article about a mutual word (and feeling) most of us understand on a deeper level.
Huh?
That's right! One of the most universal words that we can all understand is "Huh?" Which in my case is a wonderful thing! I know that throughout my day, on average, I use the word 'huh' or 'uhh...' at least twenty or thirty times. So, finding this article made me VERY happy to know that if I was ever lost in a foreign country, there's at least one very large part of my vocabulary that other people would understand!
Now, I don't know about you, but finding words that are similar ("amor" vs "amore") just make the little perfectionist inside my head scream and shout for joy! Knowing that there's a word that can be understood in any language has me literally bouncing for joy right now. In the video, they mention the concept of a universal language and how there's been several attempts throughout history to unite us under one language... As appealing as this sounds to me, I think it would be a horrible idea. Like we've been learning in class, our languages help form our thoughts, and our thoughts are what make us, well, us. Our languages give us a uniqueness that makes us unlike anyone else who ever is, has, or will be living.
Something that drew me to the article (as I stated before) was honestly the fact that it used one of my favorite words (not to mention I honestly think that for every article I look at, I consider the pun factors longer than I actually spend reading the article). The article itself is about universal language which makes it absolutely perfect to do a little blog entry about for a language class, plus it gives me, the author, something silly to giggle about as I type away!
Now, I don't know about you, but I never realized that Coca Cola had risen so high in the world that it was considered a universal word. I think it goes to show how huge the soda industry has risen. That, or they make some pretty awesome commercials. And Polar Bears are cute. Another word that I think they should add to that list though is Disney. I don't think that there's a child alive who knows the words "Coca Cola" but doesn't know "Disney". I think that there might come a day when I do more research on the topic of why "Disney" isn't in the universally known words list, but I think I'll have to save that for another day. Or another blog post. Whatever piques my interest first.
On the subject of research though! I've always loved the idea of secret languages (kind of like the Chickasaw language we just had to decode for the Chapter 2 questions) so I think I'd have to say... No. I wouldn't do more research or delve deeper into the topic of universal languages. Yeah, it'd be cool to know the words I could use so that everyone would understand me no matter where I am, but I think that a universal language is just a waste of time. Not to mention I adore individuality and anything that is unknown and strange to me.
A universal language (at the moment at least) has no affect on the world due to the fact that one does not exist. Yet. For the moment, we're all stuck with our own individual languages (oh the horror! Individuality!) Maybe sometime in the far future, after the world has gone through some major reconstructions of society they'll unit us under the same old boring language... But in the meantime! We each get our own special language that changes even within our own borders! Yay!
With that being said, this one was fun! See you all again next week!
Signing Off!
Juliana Mandile
2 comments:
That is a really interesting video you posted there. I like that girl she is quirky. I am not surprised Coke has risen to be so widely known they did invent the image of Santa we all know and love. But Disney should be up there too since they make Disney movies in almost every language. Weird. Anywhosen good post! Very interesting.
I thought this was pretty amusing. That whole "huh" thing makes sense to me though. I say every time I don't understand something and it always seems to get my point across. Considering how industrial coke is, doesn't surprise me much that it made the list. Disney is pretty big, so it is interesting that it didn't make the list. I also think a confused look and a shoulder shrug is universal body language. Cool post.
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