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Thoughts on Esperanto?
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Disputulo
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Message 33 of 34

19 June 2010 at 7:03pm | IP Logged

John Smith wrote:

It is too European to be neutral. People who already speak a
European language are at an unfair advantage.

The creator should have made up more of the words from scratch.

A neutral language should look like this

Am le Ran (I speak Ran). Mo fi ta samde. (The world's only neutral language)

Not

Io speako Esperanto. Worldo firste neutrale langage. Tu can learno it rapido.

To those who are even passingly familiar with the language, that looks nothing like it.
It does, however, look exactly like the way Americans talk when they make fun of
Spanish.
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ellasevia
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Message 34 of 34

19 June 2010 at 7:08pm | IP Logged

Disputulo wrote:

John Smith wrote:

To those who are even passingly familiar with the language, that looks nothing like it. It does, however, look exactly like the way Americans talk when they make fun of Spanish.

Mi parolas Esperanton, la unua neŭtrala lingvo de la mondo. Oni povas lerni ĝin rapide.

I think that's how it should be said. But yes, I see what you mean that it is too European.

Edited by ellasevia on 19 June 2010 at 7:11pm
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