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qwertz (Arată profil) 21 august 2009, 08:43:01
ceigered:I agree. But you could "sell" Esperanto learning as a parlour game, too. That's will also target bored people. Or i.e. with support by the german lernu.net communtiy I started creation of two-languaged karaokeo to attract malesperantistoj for Esperanto karaoke entertainment. Something inside that parlour game field. So everybody will get what s/he want: The esperantisto could train singing and even learning new vocabulary during singing. And the malesperantiso will get some excotic entertainment. With her/his native language "subtitle". I also think about doing it the reverse way: Making esperanto subtitle for german karaoke. That could bring some new freshness and music styles into the esperantujo komuna. Would be a nice multi language music exchange procedure.
Anyway back to the topic, I think a marketing campaign directed at English speakers would be great. Not marketing campaign as in Ingsoc style, but more a gentle 'bored? learn esperanto!'
Erik
Rogir (Arată profil) 21 august 2009, 09:43:57
ceigered (Arată profil) 21 august 2009, 13:33:59
Rogir:Ceigered, how could you get 900 AUD for doing nothing?The government gave out money to families and students and some other people as part of the stimulus package which was intented to boost the economy after it started drooping earlier this month. Of course while it helped the economy, the govt is a bit out of pocket, but still... 900AUD for being a student is a good deal.
Pharoah (Arată profil) 21 august 2009, 14:19:44
Pharoah (Arată profil) 21 august 2009, 17:31:03
ceigered (Arată profil) 21 august 2009, 17:45:42
(yet, I've seen some pretty rare manga on their shelves, sadly it's all in tatty condition with no discount for the damage).
Aiming at a business with a mentality like borders is probably skipping a few steps, not that it wasn't a good idea, but rather sad reality is that I just don't see some of those big bookstores being any help.
Another path could be to go through some domestic label (for non-US English speaking countries) e.g.
http://www.eurekasoftware.com/
Infact this product of theirs has Esperanto as one of the languages included.
erinja (Arată profil) 21 august 2009, 21:04:34
Talisman:To be honest I am mostly frustrated that I am forced to learn Esperanto Alone Online. Any other language I would be able to find a friend to hang out with a couple times a week.Don't be frustrated, Talisman. Your lernu profile says you live in Isla Vista. If that's accurate, then you live in California, near Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara has Esperanto speakers. I don't know how active their group is, but they have regular meetings (according to the internet, anyway). The link with information is: http://www.esperanto.org/us/SB/
The contact person is Dorothy Holland. Her e-mail address and phone number are among the information in the link. Dorothy is well-known in Esperanto education circles. I am pretty sure that even if the Santa Barbara group doesn't have regular meetings, she (or other local speakers) would be happy to meet up with you. Esperanto speakers are normally super friendly and helpful with beginners, and they are usually thrilled to find out that there's a new beginner who lives in their region. Don't give up hope, get involved!
And if you don't live in Isla Vista, or if I have the wrong Isla Vista, let me know, maybe I can find some speakers near where you really live.