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So which country have you lived in for longer? Either way, since neither country is native English-speaking, how did you acquire better English than either Serbo-Croat or Swedish?Originally Posted by Atlantic Reptilian
Probably both.
What are you wondering about my attitude? I'm just more comfortable with English. I see no reason as to why I should keep something that I'm indifferent towards? Some things I like about different languages, but not so much that I will be against other languages.
A language has to mean something, not just be propagated. Some parts of i. e. historical literary works have just been propagated throughout time, and when you ask people what the meaning of it is, they can't really say, which sort of ruins the point of literature.
Same thing with culture: I don't blindly follow any culture, but rather follow the habits I find healthy, and substitute the negative parts with either another culture's alternative, or my own. For instance, I have thought myself to avoid the feeling of being scared because I find it to be unproductive. Emotions shouldn't be involved in serious situations, and so I try my best to not get frustrated, lose my temper etc.
That's very rare in any culture, and the feeling of lacking something etc. is sanctioned in many cultures, which I think will eventually show that culture's weakness. Materialism, for instance, is you believing that you need something that you actually don't. But you, and your family, and society, has to believe in it, and they want to do that because that is how they have learned to survive.
Now I'm getting a bit off-topic, but alas.
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