Comments on: June 5, 2009 Interesting Items

By: dcfemella

dcfemella — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:14:55 +0000

Brian,

Thank you for the informative comment about Esperanto. I am checking out the YouTube video as we speak, and plan on reading Arika's book.

Regards,

Shevonne

By: dcfemella

dcfemella — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:14:00 +0000

Brian, Thank you for the informative comment about Esperanto. I am checking out the YouTube video as we speak, and plan on reading Arika’s book. Regards, Shevonne

By: Brian Barker

Brian Barker — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:06:16 +0000

Concerning Arika Okrent's book.

I think that the choice, realistically, for the future global language lies between English and Esperanto rather than an untried project. As a native English speaker I would prefer Esperanto!

It's unfortunate, however, that only a few people know that Esperanto has become a living language.

After a short period of 121 years Esperanto is now in the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook. It is the 17th most used language in Wikipedia, and in use by Skype, Firefox and Facebook. Native Esperanto speakers,(people who have used the language from birth), include George Soros, World Chess Champion Susan Polger, Ulrich Brandenberg the new German Ambassador to NATO and Nobel Laureate Daniel Bovet.

Further arguments can be seen at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva.

A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net

By: Brian Barker

Brian Barker — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:06:00 +0000

Concerning Arika Okrent's book.I think that the choice, realistically, for the future global language lies between English and Esperanto rather than an untried project. As a native English speaker I would prefer Esperanto!It's unfortunate, however, that only a few people know that Esperanto has become a living language.After a short period of 121 years Esperanto is now in the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook. It is the 17th most used language in Wikipedia, and in use by Skype, Firefox and Facebook. Native Esperanto speakers,(people who have used the language from birth), include George Soros, World Chess Champion Susan Polger, Ulrich Brandenberg the new German Ambassador to NATO and Nobel Laureate Daniel Bovet.Further arguments can be seen at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva.A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net