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**aaaaaaahabbbby** · 02-01-2011, 10:36 AM

I mentioned "over-emphasize", not "emphasize". English is important but at the expense of eroding Chinese culture and the destruction of dialects? It is not a good thing. Learning English makes one wise and knowledgeable, but it should not be totally at the expense of mother tongue. I agree that English is a bridge for all races, but the damage done by the over-emphasis is too huge.

By the way, even when the British were around and did not forcefully introduce English, there were no bloodshed back then. People just got on with their daily lives.

to co-exist peacefully and in harmony, it is more about not having sinkie behavior than speaking the same language.

02-01-2011, 10:36 AM	#9
aaaaaaahabbbby Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 359 Senior Member	I mentioned "over-emphasize", not "emphasize". English is important but at the expense of eroding Chinese culture and the destruction of dialects? It is not a good thing. Learning English makes one wise and knowledgeable, but it should not be totally at the expense of mother tongue. I agree that English is a bridge for all races, but the damage done by the over-emphasis is too huge. By the way, even when the British were around and did not forcefully introduce English, there were no bloodshed back then. People just got on with their daily lives. to co-exist peacefully and in harmony, it is more about not having sinkie behavior than speaking the same language.
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