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  • ServerGenius
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    • Feb 2002
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    #1

    Who has heard of or speaks Eparanto ???

    Who has heard of or speaks Esperanto...the universal language that's easy to
    learn for ALL nationalities, lacks complicated grammar rules and was VERY
    popular between the 30's and 50's. Somehow it never made it big after the
    war which really is a shame as it's so easy to learn. It would be the perfect
    universal language. I just saw a documentry about it and was quite fascinated
    by it.
    Last edited by ServerGenius; 08-03-2006, 07:00 AM.
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  • fastfun
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    #2
    Heard of it, and one of my schoolmates could write it. But it died because no-one want to drop their own language. English works fine, and it would cost billions to educate and change written instructions around the world.

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    • ServerGenius
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      #3
      Originally posted by fastfun
      Heard of it, and one of my schoolmates could write it. But it died because no-one want to drop their own language. English works fine, and it would cost billions to educate and change written instructions around the world.
      It doesn't have to replace your own language. Actually when it was big a lot of
      stuff already had written instructions in Esperanto. English works fine yes....but
      it's by far not universal. Now with the Asian markets that are on the rise it still
      would be a perfect language to communicate.

      There's more people that speak Chinese, Russian and Spanish than there are
      who speak English.....of course most people in "civilised or prosperous" places
      speak english.....but with Asia that's a bit different imho.
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      • TheSenator
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        #4
        Everybody speaks English.
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        • ServerGenius
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          #5
          It doesn't cost billions to educate.....it's far more easy to learn than any other
          language. Even by people who lack any kind of decent education. It would
          actually improve the situation of a lot of those people as they could use it
          to trade/work with people they couldn't work or trade with without
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          • fastfun
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            #6
            go and learn it then, start your own little revolution

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            • polish_aristocrat
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              #7
              Every educated person heard about Esperanto, but hardly anyone speaks it.

              English rules nowadays and I don't see it changing anytime soon, so no need to learn Esperanto.
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              • Ben_MN
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                #8
                It was an attempt at a unified euro language wasnt it?.

                I'm all up for a unified Language and currency in europe







                English and the Pound Sterling ;)
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                • ServerGenius
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by fastfun
                  go and learn it then, start your own little revolution
                  You must be American

                  Who's talking about a revolution? I just wondered if people heard about it or
                  speak it....and pointed out that it wasn't such a bad idea at all....just wondered
                  why it failed.

                  I already speak 6 languages fluently I don't need another to make myself heard
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                  • cranki
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Ben_MN
                    It was an attempt at a unified euro language wasnt it?.

                    I'm all up for a unified Language and currency in europe







                    English and the Pound Sterling ;)
                    actually, we do have the

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                    • ServerGenius
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Ben_MN
                      It was an attempt at a unified euro language wasnt it?.

                      I'm all up for a unified Language and currency in europe







                      English and the Pound Sterling ;)

                      Before the second world war millions of people spoke it from all over the world
                      it was a HUGE movement. The inventor was Jewish..It got forbidden by the
                      Germans during the war and it never really picked up afterwards...but before
                      the war it was HUGE. The People's Union (before it was called the UN) actually
                      considered using it as the officialy language to communicate with. France
                      stopped VETO'd that as during that period French was the official language
                      and they wanted to keep that.
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                      • DEA - banned for life
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                        #12
                        speak english or die

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                        • fastfun
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by ServerGenius
                          It doesn't cost billions to educate.....it's far more easy to learn than any other
                          language. Even by people who lack any kind of decent education. It would
                          actually improve the situation of a lot of those people as they could use it
                          to trade/work with people they couldn't work or trade with without
                          So, all the books you have to print for people to learn this comes free? All the hours people have to invest in it comes for free? I'm sure the farmers in India or Brazil would love to learn the language, so they could join chat-rooms and talk about agriculture ON THE PC THEY DONT OWN OR COULD AFFORD. All the new instructions that were in English, now have to be rewritten in Esperanto - and you think that is free as well?

                          It doesnt matter what language you speak, you can still communicate. I have installed systems in locations where people didnt understand a word I said.

                          The main reason behind Esperanto is like the old Latin - For the self-proclaimed intellectual and social elite to separate themselves from the uneducated.

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                          • DamageX
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by ServerGenius
                            Before the second world war millions of people spoke it from all over the world
                            it was a HUGE movement. The inventor was Jewish..It got forbidden by the
                            Germans during the war and it never really picked up afterwards...but before
                            the war it was HUGE. The People's Union (before it was called the UN) actually
                            considered using it as the officialy language to communicate with. France
                            stopped VETO'd that as during that period French was the official language
                            and they wanted to keep that.
                            So much for French.

                            I would support a universal language, which is none of the existing national languages for any country. That would give no one an advantage over others. Although I'm fluent in English and a few other languages, I would have no problem learning and using Esperanto for international relations, be it business or vacation.
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                            • ServerGenius
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by fastfun
                              So, all the books you have to print for people to learn this comes free? All the hours people have to invest in it comes for free? I'm sure the farmers in India or Brazil would love to learn the language, so they could join chat-rooms and talk about agriculture ON THE PC THEY DONT OWN OR COULD AFFORD. All the new instructions that were in English, now have to be rewritten in Esperanto - and you think that is free as well?

                              It doesnt matter what language you speak, you can still communicate. I have installed systems in locations where people didnt understand a word I said.

                              The main reason behind Esperanto is like the old Latin - For the self-proclaimed intellectual and social elite to separate themselves from the uneducated.
                              Yeah right, you know a lot about it....thanks for pointing out you belong to the
                              uneducated though...
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                              • ServerGenius
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                                #16
                                Originally posted by DamageX
                                So much for French.

                                I would support a universal language, which is none of the existing national languages for any country. That would give no one an advantage over others. Although I'm fluent in English and a few other languages, I would have no problem learning and using Esperanto for international relations, be it business or vacation.
                                That was exactly the whole purpose of esperanto...farmers understood that
                                back then aswell
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                                • ServerGenius
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                                  #17
                                  b.t.w. I was taught to poor people through church or social gathering.....no
                                  books or computers were needed.
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                                  • fastfun
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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by ServerGenius
                                    Yeah right, you know a lot about it....thanks for pointing out you belong to the
                                    uneducated though...
                                    .. then educate me. Explain to me how its dont cost billions to replace a globally understod language.

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                                    • ServerGenius
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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by fastfun
                                      .. then educate me. Explain to me how its dont cost billions to replace a globally understod language.
                                      it wouldn't cost anything more than adding chinese, russian or any other
                                      language that would be added when Asia makes it big soon enough.

                                      Apart from the fact that the benefits of a universal language outweigh the
                                      costs of adapting anything that needs to get adapted for this....it's been
                                      done numerous times over the course of history.....and it will happen again.

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                                      • ServerGenius
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                                        #20
                                        In fact it would be cheaper to have 1 language taught to people while now
                                        people from all over the world are studying multiple different language to
                                        communicate with eachother.....think about that for a second.

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                                        • ServerGenius
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                                          #21
                                          If it would really get picked up BIGTIME you could just have the native language
                                          and esperanto as language on any instructions.....instead of multiple different
                                          languages as used now....
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                                          • fastfun
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                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by ServerGenius
                                            it wouldn't cost anything more than adding chinese, russian or any other
                                            language that would be added when Asia makes it big soon enough.

                                            Apart from the fact that the benefits of a universal language outweigh the
                                            costs of adapting anything that needs to get adapted for this....it's been
                                            done numerous times over the course of history.....and it will happen again.

                                            .. and you call me "uneducated"
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                                            • ServerGenius
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                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by fastfun
                                              .. and you call me "uneducated"
                                              Oscar Wilde once said:
                                              "By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community."

                                              I will repeat that, and add a "GoFuckYourself" for free
                                              You do understand that his quote applies to the US perfectly do you?
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                                              • ServerGenius
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                                                #24
                                                Here perhaps you could increase your intellect by 100% today.....go for it son!

                                                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
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                                                • DamageX
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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by fastfun
                                                  .. then educate me. Explain to me how its dont cost billions to replace a globally understod language.
                                                  English is NOT globally understood. Get that through your thick fucking head already.
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