# Which concept has each vernacular language come to represent in today's world? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-concept-has-each-vernacular-language-come-to-represent-in-todays-world/674302 "2013-11-19T22:44:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-concept-has-each-vernacular-language-come-to-represent-in-todays-world/674302/21 "2013-11-26T03:10:31Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Aww, you didn’t say anything offensive at all. We cool. C’mon back. Seriously, just come back to chat with us, and me. I’m learning Latin and I love how it helps me understand words and enjoy literature. I used to have a polyglot friend, but he died on his 75th birthday. I’d love another polyglot friend. I love words and languages as well. I have wierd facts available as a lure. Ask me how [Javalina](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8zXgkoAoOxk/TzyKJAWYNQI/AAAAAAAAFiI/7FCJ_c0FxDU/s1600/Collared-Peccary-07.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wildlifeanimalz.blogspot.com/2012/02/collared-peccary-wildlife-info-photos.html&h=194&w=259&sz=1&tbnid=6aCwuUStxk_a-M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=200&zoom=1&usg=__jFr88DWAWlypFVlWzZ3fAoJ31N4=&docid=YovykcJ0-AKrbM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=yQ6UUsmVNofkoATsxICwBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CH4Q_B0wCg) were named. Go ahead, just do it. \* I’m a total font of useless infromation. \*The Romans hunted pigs with “javalins” Spanish was evolved from Latin. Those ugly beasts are not pigs at all, but the name moved with the people. ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-concept-has-each-vernacular-language-come-to-represent-in-todays-world/674302/22 "2013-11-26T05:14:43Z")
ILike: I don’t understand: the Amish are Anabaptists. How is their language threatened by Anabaptists? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-concept-has-each-vernacular-language-come-to-represent-in-todays-world/674302/23 "2013-11-26T12:35:54Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Yiddish is the language of discontent. Well put. 😃 Russian is a language of contretemps. Don’t believe me? Just put three or more russians in a room and see what happens. German is what machines would speak, if machines could speak. French is what all lawyers should be required to speak. Never a straight answer from one of them. Italian is what should be spoken in all movies, cafes, restaurants and bars. Hell all public spaces. Hebrew, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese should be spoken as sign languages. English should be spoken in a thick Scottish brogue. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-concept-has-each-vernacular-language-come-to-represent-in-todays-world/674302/24 "2013-11-26T12:54:52Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > S\*The Romans hunted pigs with “javalins” Spanish was evolved from Latin. Those ugly beasts are not pigs at all, but the name moved with the people. We already had [that conversation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16482371&postcount=177), and not so long ago… ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-concept-has-each-vernacular-language-come-to-represent-in-todays-world/674302/25 "2013-11-27T00:53:24Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > We already had [that conversation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16482371&postcount=177), and not so long ago… Gracias, **Nava**. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-concept-has-each-vernacular-language-come-to-represent-in-todays-world/674302.md?page=1)