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World language needs planning not power : Comments

By Stephen Crabbe, published 2/2/2006

Stephen Crabbe argues we need a world language and pushing a language like English upon other nations will not work.

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The day before my 'samlingvanino' showed me your article, I received a copy of Israela Esperantisto, No.143 , December 2005.
Although there had been a small Esperanto group in Jerusalem in 1926, and a suggestion had been made at the Universal Congress in Edinburgh that year that there should be a Congress in Jerusalem, definite moves began in 1944 to form a Near East Esperanto League combining both Arabian and Jewish members. A congress organised by the Palestine Esperanto League took place in Jerusalem in April 1945, attended by both Jews and Arabs.

People who want nuances should read some of Valano's books. In one, I read "albanoj ponardas' - Albanians use a dagger to kill, not a gun.
He also created a manner of speech which would include our "ain't", "dunno" etc to differentiate the types of people abou whom he wrote.
People who want satire etc should read books by Raymond Schwartz. He wrote limericks, all about young women, one of which is easily understandable::
Jen estas fraulin' Budapesta, /lau certa informo atesta, /s'i estis en Buda /dumtage tutnuda/ kaj nokte en Pesto - senvesta!

Because of the many prefixes and suffixes, the basic list of words is relatively small but they can be adapted. So 'muso' 'mouse' gives computer users the word 'musumi' - 'to use the mouse' for which there is no equivalent in English.
Following the use of prefixes and suffixes, the word we use for USA is 'Usono' - as 'UnitedStatesOfNorthamerica' This means that 'American' relates to the whole area from Alaska to Chile; and 'usona' relates to the area between Mexico and Canada plus Alaska
At a meeting in Cuba I told a journalist that I had begun to learn Esperanto in 40 years ago; he said 'You are lucky; I have known it for only 15 years'
Apart from serious original writing, and translations there is also a very satirical magazine from Russia which at times verges on pornography.
Esperanto caters for everyone!

from Tregenna
Posted by tregenna, Thursday, 2 March 2006 12:52:20 PM
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