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opening a can of worms

by Troyus23, January 31, 2013

Messages: 30

Language: English

sudanglo (User's profile) February 1, 2013, 1:33:02 PM

when the green tide will pour across the lands, scouring out the unfaithful.
Yeah, man! Let's have an Esperanto Jihad.

Troyus23 (User's profile) February 1, 2013, 3:10:57 PM

Thanks EVERYONE for your responses! These all pretty much summed up how I feel too!

One more humorus(?) question: Does anyone here tinker with LOJBAN?

pdenisowski (User's profile) February 1, 2013, 3:28:16 PM

The only thing worse than being talked about is NOT being talked about ...

smonkey (User's profile) February 1, 2013, 10:49:24 PM

We need more people like Claude Piron. Turn their dismissals of esperanto around.

tommjames (User's profile) February 1, 2013, 11:11:24 PM

Troyus23, regarding Claude Piron's debunking of "Ranto" you may want to add this page too, which is a private correspondence between him and a student. I actually find this a more compelling read than the main article, but both do a pretty good demolition job on Justin Rye's ill-informed and deeply unpleasant screed.

robbkvasnak (User's profile) February 2, 2013, 3:17:50 AM

I think that we should reform the English language. First, off, we must absolutely find a norm for the pronunciation of "the" - then we might add a plural to "you" - the folks in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA) have a cute one: "y'uns" - I like that! mmmm - and then the spelling - how about ...
If we put it to komencantoj like that, they may reconsider. I bet they never thought about reforming their mother tongue. As a matter of fact, no, on second thought forget it

pdenisowski (User's profile) February 2, 2013, 9:36:02 PM

robbkvasnak:Then we might add a plural to "you"
Here in the Carolinas there are actually degrees of plurality :

you - singular
y'all - plural
all y'all - emphatic or extended plural

There's a clear difference in meaning between :

I've had enough of you!
I've had enough of y'all!
I've had enough of all y'all! (with stress on the first "all" ) ridulo.gif

Amike,

Paul

rheotaxis (User's profile) February 3, 2013, 2:43:55 AM

Troyus23:Thanks EVERYONE for your responses! These all pretty much summed up how I feel too!

One more humorus(?) question: Does anyone here tinker with LOJBAN?
I gave up and started learning toki pona instead, because it is several million time easier!

jchthys (User's profile) February 3, 2013, 2:50:55 AM

rheotaxis:
Troyus23:Thanks EVERYONE for your responses! These all pretty much summed up how I feel too!

One more humorus(?) question: Does anyone here tinker with LOJBAN?
I gave up and started learning toki pona instead, because it is several million time easier!
I like toki pona ridulo.gif

jkph00 (User's profile) February 3, 2013, 2:37:34 PM

pdenisowski:
robbkvasnak:Then we might add a plural to "you"
Here in the Carolinas there are actually degrees of plurality :

you - singular
y'all - plural
all y'all - emphatic or extended plural

There's a clear difference in meaning between :

I've had enough of you!
I've had enough of y'all!
I've had enough of all y'all! (with stress on the first "all" ) ridulo.gif

Amike,

Paul
AMEN! ridulo.gif

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