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erinja (프로필 보기) 2012년 4월 27일 오전 11:54:16
sudanglo:It might be a good idea to write to him, congratulating him on the first two lectures, and politely suggesting that when he gets to covering Esperanto, he might like to run his comments on the language past the Esperantists first, as there are many misconceptions about Esperanto out there in the big bad wide word.I'm sure he knows this, as an Esperantist himself. It might even come off as insulting to suggest that an Esperantist should consult other Esperantists before talking about Esperanto.
erinja (프로필 보기) 2012년 4월 27일 오후 12:43:40
erinja:He is clearly a supporter of Esperanto and doesn't need any encouragement in that regard. I didn't watch his videos but I've heard his name before in Esperantujo. He's an Esperanto speaker, he's been doing Esperanto stuff at least since 2009.Perhaps you missed my previous message, sudanglo.
Vestitor (프로필 보기) 2012년 9월 23일 오전 2:59:49
Esperantists under the misapprehension that writing books, making films and making some desirable 'cultural artefacts' in Esperanto is likely to encourage people to take up Esperanto ought to see this as a rude awakening.
The protected minority languages of the European Union would be gone without the decision to enact legislation for their protection. The forcible domination of French in France has killed off many regional languages and dialects. Likewise the status of German in Belgium is one enacted by government decree in the name of representation, otherwise German in Belgium would probably die out eventually. It's another example of power setting the initial foundation.
Convincing the EU to properly recognise Esperanto - and thus to ensure promotion - would be a more realistic prospect, though according to their terms it's not part of their agenda of only protecting and promoting languages linked to specific geographical regions, cultures and traditions within Europe.
sudanglo (프로필 보기) 2012년 9월 23일 오전 9:54:19
The only way to get this quickly is to get Esperanto into the schools by arguing not for its worth as a lingua franca, but for its educational value - and not just on propaedeutic grounds.
In the meantime if every Esperantist undertook to persuade one other person to learn Esperanto and that person in turn accepted the same commitment, and so on, then the numbers would grow very rapidly.
I simply cannot understand the attitude of some who prefer to keep it quiet that they are an Esperanto-speaker. If you want to change attitudes you have to tell as many people as possible that you speak Esperanto, so that the public at least has heard of Esperanto, so that they can say 'Oh Esperanto, I have an uncle/ grandson/ neighbour etc who speaks that'.
eitanulo (프로필 보기) 2012년 9월 23일 오전 10:11:40
