Topic: Esperanto
Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #6,395
The picture reads:> Mummy, why are all those people climbing instead of using the road?
> Oh, they all have their reasons, dear. Some don't know there is a road ; some won't use it because roads are artificial ; and some have plenty of time.
The easiest, quickest, and least ambiguous way for people of two languages to communicate is by learning Esperanto. The combined man hours of both of them learning the language is less than that of one man learning the others' language.
Esperanto is well designed, intuitive, and very rational and flexible.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 15 years ago, 9 minutes later[^] [v] #110,772
English is a very flawed language, which makes learning it harder, and makes confusion more abundant.
> inflammable
flammable
> insecure
not secure
> inflammable
flammable
> insecure
not secure
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 33 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #110,773
Esperanto is certainly useful, but sometimes you've gotta do twice the work because someone else isn't willing to meet you halfway. If someone wants to go live in Japan, they have to learn Japanese. You can't expect everyone in Japan to learn Esperanto to make it easier for other people. Esperanto makes perfect sense for diplomats and people who work in international relations fields, but the analogy that the poster makes that people who learn other languages are wasting their time and efforts is a bit of a straw man.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 18 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #110,776
@previous (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
Yeah, it's a bit like currency in that it's worthless unless you can get everyone to agree to use it.
Yeah, it's a bit like currency in that it's worthless unless you can get everyone to agree to use it.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #110,779
@previous (C)
The best use of Esperanto is as an international auxiliary language, but it does have other uses.
It is a great second language. It has been shown that having a year of Esperanto under your belt and then learning 3 years of French will give you better fluency in French than having a year of French of under your belt and then learning an additional 3 years of French. (The reason for this is that Esperanto marks parts of speech, so you learn them easier). This use is good, no matter how many others speak it.
It's a good go-between language. If you speak English, and someone you want to talk to speaks Italian, it's easier if you both learn Esperanto, even if no one else spoke it. It's quicker, and less confusing when you do speak it.
It can bridge information gaps. In other languages little information exists. Someone can learn Esperanto, translate information (Wikipedia) to it, and then people in other countries can learn Esperanto (much, much easier than learning English) to access the information. Useful even if no one they know speaks it.
The best use of Esperanto is as an international auxiliary language, but it does have other uses.
It is a great second language. It has been shown that having a year of Esperanto under your belt and then learning 3 years of French will give you better fluency in French than having a year of French of under your belt and then learning an additional 3 years of French. (The reason for this is that Esperanto marks parts of speech, so you learn them easier). This use is good, no matter how many others speak it.
It's a good go-between language. If you speak English, and someone you want to talk to speaks Italian, it's easier if you both learn Esperanto, even if no one else spoke it. It's quicker, and less confusing when you do speak it.
It can bridge information gaps. In other languages little information exists. Someone can learn Esperanto, translate information (Wikipedia) to it, and then people in other countries can learn Esperanto (much, much easier than learning English) to access the information. Useful even if no one they know speaks it.
[^_^] joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 38 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #110,783
Oh fuck, Its this thread again.
[^_^] double-posted this 15 years ago, 52 seconds later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #110,784
Inb4 sixteen other threads about "easy languages that mix other languages"
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 27 seconds later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #110,785
@110,783 ([^_^])
> half inch bar on screen linking to a topic i'm not interested in
> better go in and tell them
> half inch bar on screen linking to a topic i'm not interested in
> better go in and tell them
[^_^] replied with this 15 years ago, 28 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #110,794
stickybuns !bENfolDsOU joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #110,821
Je préfère l'interlingua.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #110,898
Yes !4et0YaTXO. joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #110,899
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 11 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #110,910
I got sick of this when it was getting spammed on /int/.
Fuck off Wojak, you sneaky pole.
Fuck off Wojak, you sneaky pole.
Jaman !NxcVulLUEk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #110,978
Pour favor senioure.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #110,984
Together we can rebuild it...