Charlemagne made school compulsory in France. The man was incredibly ahead of everything
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There's an equivalent idiom in Turkish: Bir lisan bir insan. (One language is one human being. i.e. Every language you speak is like a different person)
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What's crazy to me is how much Karl the greats germanic side is hidden. I had no idea he was born and originally spoke a germanic language. Even Karl the hammer's (Charles martel) mother tongue was germanic
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The Sufis consider a second language as an additional Guardian Angel watching over you.
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One of his descendants (Sir Christopher Lee) spoke many languages.
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To have another language is to have a new homeland worth spending one's future in.
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I’ve shuddenly remembered another Charlemagne quote: “Let my armies be the rocks and the trees, and the birds in the sky.” Okay, okay, Charlemagne didn’t really say that lol
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With the constant improvement of AI language learning will be turned more into a hobby rather than a necessity
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American monolinguals might disagree. I mean, they probably don't even know who Charlemagne was anyway
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It's always amazing when someone from more than a thousand years ago said something I totally vibe with today!
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