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  • #16
    Originally posted by rah View Post
    Your comment about Arabic not being a real language comes off as quite bigoted. I'm actually quite surprised. Not surprised that HC agreed with it.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by rah View Post
      Your comment about Arabic not being a real language comes off as quite bigoted. I'm actually quite surprised. Not surprised that HC agreed with it.
      I think it was a joke but Lori is Jewish, right?
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      • #18
        Yes, my father is a Jew who doesn't believe in God, therefore I don't think Arabic is a real language.
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        • #19
          My bestfriend in elementary school was from Tunisia. He spoke English, French, and some jibber jabber that wasn't Java or C++.
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          • #20
            Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
            I think it was a joke but Lori is Jewish, right?
            His use of confused me. I can usually tell when he's joking.
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            • #21
              Re:OP, Spanish would be more practical, albeit less exciting. Americans are more likely to come in contact with Spanish speakers at an early age--which will keep those lessons from withering away into oblivion after a few years in addition to improving their skills.

              OTOH, there's a good chance a number of those kids in NYC speak Spanish already.
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              • #22
                Which version of the Arabic will they learn? It's more fractured than Spanish. Actually, do kids learn metropolitan Spanish or Mexican Spanish in the US?
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                • #23
                  Also, do they learn just-drank-one-bottle-of-vodka Russian or just-emptied-the-whole-damn-bar Russian?
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                  • #24
                    Which version of the Arabic will they learn? It's more fractured than Spanish. Actually, do kids learn metropolitan Spanish or Mexican Spanish in the US?
                    Dudo que la mayoría de los americanos supieran la diferencia
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                    • #25
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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
                        "Soon, Arabic will be a global language"?

                        It has like 400 million speakers and is like the 4th or 5th most common language in the world. What does she mean by 'soon'?
                        Soon it might be relevant in the western hemisphere. Or does "global" mean "covering less than half of the globe"?

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by onodera View Post
                          Which version of the Arabic will they learn? It's more fractured than Spanish. Actually, do kids learn metropolitan Spanish or Mexican Spanish in the US?
                          Closer to Mexican Spanish.

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                          • #28
                            It makes far more sense to learn Spanish or Latin, simpler languages that teach the foundation skills that are key to Arabic. This is just another attempt to stir up controversy by a bunch of tired old Jewbags in New York.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by rah View Post
                              Your comment about Arabic not being a real language comes off as quite bigoted. I'm actually quite surprised. Not surprised that HC agreed with it.
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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
                                They should be teaching the kids a real language like Java or C++, not Arabic.
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