Who gives a shithttps://twitter.com/johnpauldickson/status/1278997229068406789 …
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I do legit view my monolingualism as probably my greatest personal failing and don’t think I could learn Latin or Greek at this point, sadly. But mainly I blame my dad for not teaching me his native tongue. His father spoke like five languages, my dad speaks 2, I speak 1.
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They’re just going to elide the fact that there also just wasn’t as much to know back then? lol It probably wouldn’t be that difficult to memorize a couple of books if they were the only ones available and you spent all day hand-writing copies of them.
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Knowing multiple languages these days is certainly practical and admirable, but not exactly a necessity for the most part. It was a much more critical skill a thousand years ago when trade with more isolated cultures were more critical to day to say survival and prosperity.
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