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opening a can of worms

fra Troyus23,2013 1 31

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Språk: English

sudanglo (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 1 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 (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 1 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 (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 1 15:28:16

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

smonkey (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 1 22:49:24

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

tommjames (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 1 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 (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 2 03:17:50

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 (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 2 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 (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 3 02:43:55

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 (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 3 02:50:55

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 (Å vise profilen) 2013 2 3 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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