tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893782812815088922.post3791785689850898732..comments2023-05-02T07:09:12.126-07:00Comments on Musings on Language: Taking a Wrecking Ball to the Tower of BabelMy name is Jenna.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04805461074498687087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893782812815088922.post-44198120624364941952011-01-24T17:30:18.538-08:002011-01-24T17:30:18.538-08:00Esperanto certainly has not failed.
The Esperanto...Esperanto certainly has not failed.<br /><br />The Esperanto study course http://www.lernu.net is now receiving 120,000 hits per month.<br /><br />That can't be bad :)Brian Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096761999215952324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893782812815088922.post-80674544608991329502011-01-24T15:57:05.352-08:002011-01-24T15:57:05.352-08:00But why don't we speak Esperanto these days? I...<i>But why don't we speak Esperanto these days? I really don't know. It seems awesome to me. Did it fail because it was a synthetic language?</i><br /><br />We do speak Esperanto! Just not everyone. A couple of million speakers or so are scattered around the world and use it as a bridge to people from other cultures who speak other languages.<br /><br />While Esperanto hasn't taken the world by storm, it hasn't failed, either. I personally think that ignorance and misconception are the two greatest obstacles Esperanto faces right now. Those who find out about Esperanto and look past the misconceptions to learn and use it find that it works very well. It's growing now, and as long as that continues, it will eventually reach a critical mass and take off.<br /><br />BTW, most Esperanto speakers see Esperanto, not as a replacement for other languages, but as a common, easy-to-learn second language for all. Instead of discarding all the uniqueness that the world's linguistic ecosystem represents, keep it, and use easy-to-learn Esperanto to communicate with someone who doesn't speak your language.Miĉjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11382032037129884685noreply@blogger.com