Yesterday, at the Guardian, Michael Hoffman reproached the attitude of the British towards learning new languages.
Hoffman gives several appealing reasons:- It's by learning more languages, more phrases that you allow yourself to outwit yourself in thought and expression. A goal well worth pursuing I think.
In the end he adds, interestingly, that its only fair. Since the British have thrust their language on several areas of the world, they're obliged to learn some of the other languages themselves.
Meanwhile, another British Anthropoligist is going to great lengths to save a language. He's embarking on a year-long stay to stay with a small community in Greenland to learn their language which he believes will vanish given that this community will soon migrate due to climate conditions and absorb other languages.
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