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Originally Posted by dyna mo
That's what I'm saying, I don't see the practicality of it but I do see how learning a language expands the mind, which led me to think learning music and an instrument would be a fantastic way to accomplish that and *maybe* have more universal benefit. I understand that playing guitar won't get me on the right bus in Amsterdam!  |
Where I live I could use Spanish on a regular basis. Actually, there is a good amount of opportunity here for people who speak Spanish to open businesses that cater to Mexicans and other Spanish speakers. If I learned any other language it would be something that I would rarely use.
My girlfriend is half Japanese and have English (British dad and Japanese mom). Her parents raised her speaking English and Japanese so she can speak both fluently and often uses Japanese when talking to her mom and sister just to stay in practice, but she has told me there are a lot of words she has forgotten since she doesn't use it all day every day.