WarpMyMind

Hey y'all!

I just wanted to share a file idea that I've had for a while. Basically it would be a curse which would make you do everything you can in order to learn a new language. This could either be any language or one that's predetermined in the file, as both have their advantages (the former would make the file more versatile whilst the latter would allow it to be more specialized and actually include the target language). The sinister twist though is that as you learn more of the new language you would begin to forget your native language, until it reaches the point where you are completely fluent in the new one, but either unable to understand the original language at all, or at least are limited to only the very basic stuff you might use on holiday.

What do people think of the idea?

Ooh, I hadn't considered sign language but that could definitely work!

Oh please let me know when this becomes a free file.
I know that I would like an excuse to only use what ASL I know.

This definitely twinges on several kinks of mine. It'd be pretty cool if there was a variant where instead of forgetting your native language entirely it merely gave you a thicker and thicker accent and restricting your native vocabulary in some way. For example, learning French and having your native language shift more and more into a heavily accented French maid accent. An especially cruel spinoff could define your limited vocabulary as "only the bare minimum you need to be a sex worker"... for both the native language AND the learned language.

The idea of having your native language simply being restricted with a heavy accent rather than overwritten completely certainly has merit. The bit about being limited to the minimum vocabulary for being a sex worker is pleasingly malicious, but I think it'd be too complex for a general file. It could work for a follow up or something though.

What language would be best for this? Or would a more general one be better?

I think both to curtail this fire to the basic three: French, Spanish, and Cantonese.

For starters.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Are you saying include three languages in one file? Because that kind of defeats the purpose of making it a specific language.

no no..just giving ideas of languages..the one you pick is your choice. :?

Oh I see! Sorry, misunderstood.

I'm thinking French at the moment, if only because I know some French and thus will be able to actually use it in the file.

I am English, but would love to see a file that induces me to learn another language, to be enslaved by another language, preferably French.

The most common languages in the Americas are English, Spanish, French (mostly Quebec and some Caribbean islands), and Portuguese (Brazil). These would probably be the most useful languages if you make the file specific.

I would prefer leaving the choice of language up to the listener.

http://www.learningstrategies.com had -- I think they still do -- Easy6Learn languages that were taught using NLP techniques. There were two different sound tracks (one for each ear). They had French, German, and Spanish.