2007-06-17 21:14:16 · 10 answers · asked by Skaggy says: 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Nope. Curiosity is good enough.
2007-06-17 21:18:12 · answer #1 · answered by Tina Goody-Two-Shoes 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. Actually it would be odd if you choose the language you learn based on relatives or whether or not you've been in the country - that's irrelevant. You can always go in future.
2007-06-18 04:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by Alexander T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it's not odd. I'm learning French, neither of my parents are from there, I have no family there and I have only been there once.
However I love the language and have a desire to learn something other than english.
If a language appeals to you then learn it, speaking another language is one of the best personal goals you can accomplish.
2007-06-18 04:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by Jin S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not odd at all! I have learnt a rare language that no one speaks around,never been to that country,don't have any relatives there...don't ask me why then,I just loved this language and their culture and wish I could go someday ;)
2007-06-18 09:00:21 · answer #4 · answered by Erina♣Liszt's Girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. Learning another language is a great thing. When I took French in high school, I had no idea of when I would use it; a decade later I found myself having a halting conversation in Paris.
Also, I'm currently learning ASL, with no deaf friends or relatives.
2007-06-18 04:22:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
as a teenager sixty years ago, a friend of my familly suggested i study spanish in high school because spanish would become the second language in the united states... and so i studied spanish for two years...
i used that spanish over the years trying to communicate with people yet knowing i had a difficult time understanding...
eleven years ago i went to guadalajara, mexico, to study spanish for six weeks in an intensive program and realized that the spanish i had used all these years really needed some serious retooling...
i never regreted my attempts at speaking spanish with others in germany, france or italy during years in between because people understood me and i them in our attempts at communicating with each other.. but i have gotten better since '96...
what a wonderful gift one brings to another person when one can communicate with them in their language... after all not everyone in this world speaks english...
besides one learns to see the world through the eyes of another's culture when one learns to speak their language... language empowers one to grow into a fuller and richer human being...
2007-06-18 04:39:54 · answer #6 · answered by porthuanian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, i've never been to any english speaking country but my english is 85-90% as good as native american speaker
i've never been to japan and china yet i learned both languages
2007-06-18 12:21:53 · answer #7 · answered by clueless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't see why. I doubt whether any of the present day scholars of Latin, Ancient Greek or Sanskrit learnt the language just so they could order a beer on their vacation...
2007-06-18 05:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it isn't. But make sure to practice it regularly or else u'll lose it.
Songs can help greatly
2007-06-18 04:29:24 · answer #9 · answered by Natasha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, it's not odd. if you have plans then should do it. you only live once, young days comes but once
2007-06-18 04:18:38 · answer #10 · answered by royaliscross 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋