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Alkanadi (Profil anzeigen) 4. November 2015 09:21:09
I did a google search:
site:linkedin.com professor esperanto
The results were:
About 4,690 results
This is a quick and dirty way to research something, but it still is interesting.
Do you think that Esperantists are among the elites of our society?
Miland (Profil anzeigen) 4. November 2015 09:32:41
Alkanadi:Do you think that Esperantists are among the elites of our society?To be honest, no. The language may have 'chic', good enough for a little amusement in conversation, but in my view that's about it.
Having said that, there was a time when Esperantists might have been associated with the more well-off classes - between the world wars, which may have been its heyday. Linguaphone made its only course in Esperanto around 1930, and the pictures in the accompanying book depict a middle-class life with servants.
erinja (Profil anzeigen) 4. November 2015 12:23:19
Alkanadi:Recently on the Evildea blog he stated that sometimes Esperantists have a stereotype of being elitists.A stereotype among who? I don't think that non-Esperanto speakers even know enough about Esperantists to have a stereotype.
If Evildea encounters people who believe this stereotype, it might have something to do with local conditions in Australia. In many places in Europe, you still have a traditional worker's movement that affiliates with Esperanto, and this is obvious when you go around Europe with Esperanto. There's nothing elitist about the International Association of Esperantist Railway Workers, I assure you.
Alkanadi (Profil anzeigen) 4. November 2015 13:55:55
erinja:A stereotype among who?Among polyglots.
But, I also heard from other sources that Esperantists are the most friendly people at these polyglot events. Of course, in addition to that, we are weirdest.
Vestitor (Profil anzeigen) 4. November 2015 22:13:11
erinja:There's nothing elitist about the International Association of Esperantist Railway Workers, I assure you.I have to admit I laughed when I read this, but not in a mocking way. I'm envisioning them discussing safety regulation breaches in Esperanto.
With regard to the OP's question I'd say there are two camps that roughly correlate with the finvenkist/raumist divide. The railway workers above would originally associate with the former, but there is a another group consisting of people learning Esperanto divorced from the view of it as a social movement. This likely includes some of the professors, the conlangers and language collectors, Esperanto-chic types and mad people. Some of this is typical first-world frivolity.
MrMosier (Profil anzeigen) 4. November 2015 23:47:53
Alkanadi:Recently on the Evildea blog he stated that sometimes Esperantists have a stereotype of being elitists.I don't think so, although some of them certainly think they are.
I did a google search:
site:linkedin.com professor esperanto
The results were:
About 4,690 results
This is a quick and dirty way to research something, but it still is interesting.
Do you think that Esperantists are among the elites of our society?
Tempodivalse (Profil anzeigen) 5. November 2015 19:26:35
RiotNrrd (Profil anzeigen) 5. November 2015 19:53:42
Tempodivalse:Most Esperantists are educated white-collar folks, presumably because only those kinds of people would have the free time on their hands to learn something of little to no practical value. I don't know if that makes them 'elite'.People who learn Esperanto don't really require oodles of free time, though. I learned it in ten minute blocks on smoke breaks (back when I smoked - last month was the six year anniversary of my going tobacco-free). While I have no hard evidence to support it, my own experience suggests 150 hours really is sufficient for those of European-language backgrounds. People put more effort than that into individual video games.
robbkvasnak (Profil anzeigen) 5. November 2015 21:17:05
I really don't have the impression that Esperanto appeals to any one particular economic class, except maybe least of all to the rich, like George Soros, who doesn't have time for us due to all of his dough.
Christa627 (Profil anzeigen) 7. November 2015 22:46:13
Alkanadi:Haha, awesome!erinja:A stereotype among who?Among polyglots.
But, I also heard from other sources that Esperantists are the most friendly people at these polyglot events. Of course, in addition to that, we are weirdest.
