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'lance
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posted 07 August 2003 03:33 PM
quote: Esperanto was going through a bit of a popular phase then, and it wasn't uncommon to see people wearing a purple star (I think it was) that identified them as Esperato speakers.
I have a vague memory of being told that one of my uncles got briefly into Esperanto, say late 60s/early 70s. I've never dared to raise the question with him. He's a bit of a crank, in truth. The page Doc linked to above does a bit more, incidentally, than "criticize certain aspects of Esperanto." It comes across as a fairly devastating (if pendantic) critique. Immersed in Esperanto in an expensive private school... asked about it at LB Pearson College... hmmm. Could it be a conspiracy of elite educational establishments? And what about the rest of the elite? Where are the Bilderburgers and the Trilateral Commission on this? I think we should be told!
From: that enchanted place on the top of the Forest | Registered: Jul 2001
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kyall glennie
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posted 08 August 2003 12:27 AM
I tried learning it in high school, but never went very far. More a curiosity, really.The language is definitely not an attempt at internationalism, however. If anything, it was a view of the world as Euro-centric as you can get. I had no difficulty picking up bits of Esperanto, only becuase it's heavily centred on romantic roots such as Spanish. I'm no linguist but it definitely doesn't have any of the interesting vocal combinations of some of the aboriginal languages, for instance. English is the new international language, for better or for worse.
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