As a polyglot, and a linguistic hairsplitter, I thought I'd write my first DK 4 diary as an invitation to consider following a group I formed, named, oddly enough Polyglots, Linguaphiles and Word Parsers. It is "A group for those steeped in language; their own, acquired ones, nuance, general linguistic hairsplitting and all manner of linguistic nerdity."
In the US of A, there isn't a lot of understanding about the intricacies of acquired languages (languages learned which are not your 'spoken at home' language).
That's a tragedy for us as a country, and from time to time, I address some of the issues we face, taking language as an additional perspective to use in analyzing them.
I did so a while back in asking Why don't you learn German, Spanish, and French?? And Chinese and Arabic for good measure..
That diary resulted in some great discussion, that tickled my linguaphile happy bone.
As schools, colleges and universities slash their language learning programs, this country is threatened by this linguistic circling of the wagons. Language gives you more than the ability to communicate day-to-day needs, it gives you insight into the culture, and understandings of the peoples who use the languages you've made the effort to learn. Learning a language really does open doors to the world.
So whether it's grousing about how some people are expressing their approval or disapproval of something or someone political, if it's just to find an example of rip roaring hysterically funny use of language to pick you up; to share the "PERFECT" word you've just learned to describe a concept or feeling, join the other language nerds, and drink in deep draughts of linguistic goodness.