Language Course

**m_1512** · March 16, 2012, 01:01 AM

This is to see if anyone is interested in this language course -> Marathi.

EDIT: Poll added.

**Boustrophedon** · March 16, 2012, 06:06 AM

70,000,000 native speakers and I hadn't even heard of this language

I'd love to but no time atm alas

**m_1512** · March 16, 2012, 11:21 AM

It's the native language of the Marathas (a small trivia for our ETW friends/fans).

**Legio** · March 24, 2012, 06:18 PM

No "no" option?

**m_1512** · March 25, 2012, 12:25 AM

Simple, why vote when not interested?

**Legio** · March 25, 2012, 06:52 AM

You can't exactly gauge people's opinion on something if the only options are 'Yes' or 'Yes, but later'. If there's no 'No' option then the poll is inherently biased. I assume you want this poll to run for a bit and then ask Hex for the Professorship and a sub-forum here. It doesn't exactly do your cause credit if you won't allow dissenting opinion. The point of this poll is to see whether people are interested. The poll's question is "Are you interested?". If you don't want to see any people saying 'No' then you shouldn't have put the poll up in the first place. How do you expect to have a fair poll with only one option?

What if moderation staff posted a poll in the Q&S with the question of 'Plebiscite: Delete the Thema Devia' with the options 'Yes' and 'Maybe'? Do you see where I'm coming from?

**m_1512** · March 25, 2012, 07:59 AM

I did not mean it that way.
But now I cannot edit the poll. You may do so freely.

**Hader** · March 25, 2012, 02:15 PM

Edited poll

**Mega Tortas de Bodemloze** · March 26, 2012, 05:09 PM

uhhh....make it Spanish and I'm in. Alas unfortunately the language offered would get very little field-time here in Texas.

**The Norseman** · June 24, 2012, 02:58 PM

ah if only it was German or something

**Copperknickers II** · June 24, 2012, 04:43 PM

I'd have said yes if it was Hindi. It's more useful learning Hindi anyway, since once you learn that it is pretty easy to learn Marathi, Punjabi and Bengali, but with the added benefit of it being much more common than any of those (in India at least).

**LegolasGreenleaf** · June 25, 2012, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by Copperknickers II

I'd have said yes if it was Hindi. It's more useful learning Hindi anyway, since once you learn that it is pretty easy to learn Marathi, Punjabi and Bengali, but with the added benefit of it being much more common than any of those (in India at least).

This. Unfortunately, I'd still say no. I'm pretty fluent already, seeing as it's my mother tongue.

**m_1512** · July 05, 2012, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by The Norseman

ah if only it was German or something

I would be interested in that too.

Originally Posted by Copperknickers II

I'd have said yes if it was Hindi. It's more useful learning Hindi anyway, since once you learn that it is pretty easy to learn Marathi, Punjabi and Bengali, but with the added benefit of it being much more common than any of those (in India at least).

Quite the opposite, actually.
Marathi is derived from Sanskrit, not Hindi. Also, if you learn Marathi, you'd find Hindi easier to understand and to learn.

Also, I see that Hader has made the poll hidden so I cannot see the interested parties.