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in reply to a message by Felie
I don’t know much about Esperanto but my understanding is that it was supposed to be a “lingua franca” rather than replace actual languages? And it’s kind of advantageous to have one that’s no one ‘s native language, as opposed to using English which put s Anglophones in such a privileged position.
But obviously a nice idea doomed to fail, it would be hellishly hard to learn and pronounce for most East Asians, for instance.
"We have met the enemy and he is us" Walt Kelly
But obviously a nice idea doomed to fail, it would be hellishly hard to learn and pronounce for most East Asians, for instance.
"We have met the enemy and he is us" Walt Kelly
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Hi Fiammetta !!!
I agree with you!
Esperanto could be a 'lingua franca' and that's great because as you said English puts all the other languages in a lower lever and this is negative, I agree with this fact.
The problem is technical unfortunatelly.
I live in Turin and I see in my uni some newspapers written in Esperanto. But who can speak this language?
A lingua franca could not be a lingua franca if the countries don't axcept it.
And these countries don't axcept it because they still have their own languages full of history.
It is a spiral that will never stop.
I agree with you!
Esperanto could be a 'lingua franca' and that's great because as you said English puts all the other languages in a lower lever and this is negative, I agree with this fact.
The problem is technical unfortunatelly.
I live in Turin and I see in my uni some newspapers written in Esperanto. But who can speak this language?
A lingua franca could not be a lingua franca if the countries don't axcept it.
And these countries don't axcept it because they still have their own languages full of history.
It is a spiral that will never stop.
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