the problem with esperanto, i understand today, is that, if many people adopt it, and it’ll become really alive, if tumblr kids will write in it, they’ll screw the language up, it won’t be the language without exceptions, because humans are the creatures who treat languages freely, so it would loose its essential properties of the language which is easy to learn, has no exceptions, etc.

#esperanto #language

բնօրինակ սփիւռքում(եւ մեկնաբանութիւննե՞ր)

I suggest to those of you, who speak know Epseranto, to open a separate stream on Diaspora (or other place) and write there exclusively in Esperanto. You can translate what you usually write in your native language or English and write it once more in Esperanto.

That will

— allow you to practice, use the language online. — create a small Esperanto “bubble”, which newcomers can join, read everyday posts in Esperanto, try to comment in that language. — make a small contribution to create Esperanto culture online.

it requires efforts, but it’s important for making it practically useful, adds one (or 0.001) more reason to learn the language.

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I woudl like to quote this post, instead of resharing because I don’t agree with everything there. I don’t think we have to forget our native languages, that’s why comparison to the switch from facebook to diaspora, which was made there seems deeply not right to me. I personally value my language, and it doesn’t make me feel good when I acknowledge threats it has.

Also, I have to say that I also fear simplicity in design. Simplicity can mean gaining flexibility and expressiveness, like in case with Oberon operating system and language, and it can mean something like Newlang, the language which was simple but was designed in order to rule those people.

Simplicity can also mean “don’t know what pointer is” which, I believe is wrong, because every programmer should know what pointer is. Simplicity can mean making phonemic orthography, and I am opponent of that. That approach, taken by communists, in my opinion, damaged Armenian orthography and language.

So I believe, simplicity does not always mean good design. However, good design is very often simple. Now the quote.

English vs. Esperanto:


You sang nicely, AND You have sung nicely, AND You had sung nicely, AND You did sing nicely , AND You did use to sing nicely, AND You were singing nicely, AND You used to sing nicely.


Vi kantis bele. :-)

#esperanto #design #simplicity #comparison #english #orthography #phonemic_orthography #language #armenian #oberon #programming #pointer #flexibility #expressiveness

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