ITT: Esperanto
Has anyone here ever bothered to learn Esperanto as a second/third language?
Has it had any use besides fueling inflated sense of self-worth etc.?
Does this language have any use at all(besides the obvious ideological attraction)?
Has it had any use besides fueling inflated sense of self-worth etc.?
Does this language have any use at all(besides the obvious ideological attraction)?
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Oh work,how little of you I am going to get done.
you girls have fun with that, as long as the word "nigger" exists I'm fine with English.
^This man makes a good point.
>second/third language?
I learned Esperanto as my 2nd language.
I learned English as my 3rd language.
(I didn't learn English for "fueling inflated sense of self-worth")
Learning English was much harder than learning Esperanto.
>Does this language have any use at all
Of course Esperanto have lots of uses.
At different times I visited Japan, Korea, and China.
During most of my time in those countries, I spoke Esperanto,
and I was very glad I did.
I also receive travelers that speak Esperanto, when they
travel to places near where I am at the time.
In the web you can find thousands of books and magazines
written in Esperanto. There, you can also find videos, a few
films, music, pod casts, and some more reading materials,
including the Esperanto wikipedia. Also many courses and
ways to learn Esperanto ... all for free.
Using skype or other instant messengers, you can chat or
talk to people in more than a hundred countries.
Remember that people that learned Esperanto did so to
contact people from other countries. They _want_ to
speak with you.
Esperanto information:
http://esperantofre.com/edu/iloj01a.htm
For some reason it attracts the a lot of computer people.
>Literally everyone who knows Esperanto is competent in
>English so it nullifies its usefulness.
Please tell me where you got that information, and how
many Esperanto speakers have you ever met.
Facts: Most Esperanto speakers don't speak English.
Some Esperanto speakers ... including me, went on to
learn English _after_ learning Esperanto. The fact that
they were able to learn Esperanto, help them to believe
that they could also learn English. Just as a step to learn
other languages, is a very good reason to learn Esperanto.
Many of the Esperanto speakers from Africa, are able to
speak French, but not English.
>For some reason it attracts the a lot of computer people.
I learned Esperanto in 1959 ... this happened 52 years ago.
At that time, my knowledge of computers wasn't that good.
At that time, my understanding of English was zero ... but
I could communicate with people of USA (and many other
countries) using Esperanto.
People learn Esperanto to be able to talk to people from
other countries. They love to talk with any visitors. The
fact that I speak English doesn't provide me with people
that would like to talk to me, just because I speak English.