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    Default Re: Multicultural versus monocultural societies and countries

    Quote Originally Posted by Gilrandir View Post
    The mixed character of a language's origin can't be a clue to determine how mono/multicultural is the present-day society which uses it.
    while you are correct it doesn't say anything about the Modern country, charting the cultural influences on a language through the past can tell you a lot about how the cultures interacted with each other.

    the prevalence of so many cultural influences within the English language shows that England was very much a melting pot of many cultures.

    Id argue it still is... I am sure most would agree with me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Moody View Post
    while you are correct it doesn't say anything about the Modern country, charting the cultural influences on a language through the past can tell you a lot about how the cultures interacted with each other.

    the prevalence of so many cultural influences within the English language shows that England was very much a melting pot of many cultures.

    Id argue it still is... I am sure most would agree with me
    Language is pretty much the number one cultural identifier.

    EDIT: But that may be simply because most of those with a cultural degree started out studying literature...
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