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kelle poolt Troyus23, 31. jaanuar 2013

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Keel: English

sudanglo (Näita profiili) 1. veebruar 2013 13:33.02

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

Troyus23 (Näita profiili) 1. veebruar 2013 15:10.57

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 (Näita profiili) 1. veebruar 2013 15:28.16

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

smonkey (Näita profiili) 1. veebruar 2013 22:49.24

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

tommjames (Näita profiili) 1. veebruar 2013 23:11.24

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 (Näita profiili) 2. veebruar 2013 3:17.50

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 (Näita profiili) 2. veebruar 2013 21:36.02

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 (Näita profiili) 3. veebruar 2013 2:43.55

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 (Näita profiili) 3. veebruar 2013 2:50.55

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 (Näita profiili) 3. veebruar 2013 14:37.34

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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