Mesaĝoj: 26
Lingvo: English
sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-24 15:51:34
Nowadays you can send any amount of information to billions of people for free in the blink of an eye.Quite true, but how do you make them read it or take any action because of it.
You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it learn Volapuk.
razlem (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-24 22:50:35
sudanglo:Quite true, but how do you make them read it or take any action because of it.You can't. Just as you can't force someone to read a pamphlet or send 'promesoj' to their friends.
chrisim101010 (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-27 15:01:03
robbkvasnak (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-27 16:56:39
Scratch (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-27 17:19:35
Hyperboreus (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-27 17:54:00
robbkvasnak (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-27 18:45:31
erinja (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-27 19:32:56
I know several experienced Esperantists who have created another language not as a substitute for Esperanto, but as a fun hobby, a fun thing to play around with, an interesting thought experiment. Toki Pona has a similar origin. Such projects usually get a friendly reception from other Esperantists.
However, if a beginner has the idea of improving Esperanto and using this "improved Esperanto" to replace our existing Esperanto, the reaction is usually not friendly and welcoming. It's more of an exasperated "We're so sick of this so stop wasting our time".
sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-27 20:17:13
Even if you could 'improve' on Esperanto, it wouldn't be comparable to replacing the candle with electric light, or replacing horse-drawn vehicles with automobiles.
Hyperboreus (Montri la profilon) 2012-aprilo-27 20:33:25