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are we a tribe or community?

od 313, 23. marca 2011

Príspevky: 9

Jazyk: English

313 (Zobraziť profil) 23. marca 2011 6:57:33

i wonder if some 1 ask me who are the pepole spoke esperanto?are we tribe or community?

ceigered (Zobraziť profil) 23. marca 2011 7:28:24

Loose community, which has stronger communities within it okulumo.gif

A tribe are more like family, or feel like they have to protect each other like family, where as a community are just people who share common traits. Since I think many of us Esperantists like to argue and disagree about silly topics, we're not very tribal lango.gif

sudanglo (Zobraziť profil) 23. marca 2011 11:16:41

Is this a language question?

'Tribe' is sometimes extended in English to cover a subculture, or group within the main culture.

But without context, it suggests a (small) group of primitive people - eg tribes of the Amazon forest.

In the media nowadays the word 'community' is sometimes used in a very unrealistic fashion to refer to groups in which there is actually no sense of community.

Rogir (Zobraziť profil) 23. marca 2011 18:08:55

We might also be a movement, or a diaspora, or a people, or a society, depending on who you ask.

Miland (Zobraziť profil) 23. marca 2011 18:34:33

If I had to choose one word, it would be "movement". This movement includes different types of societies and clubs, international, national and local, as well as internet groups (like this one). One of the deepest and most permanent supporting structures of the whole movement is a committee called the Akademio. Another feature of the movement is an annual World Congress and national congresses.

chrisim101010 (Zobraziť profil) 24. marca 2011 2:40:04

ceigered:Since I think many of us Esperantists like to argue and disagree about silly topics, we're not very tribal lango.gif
By this definition, we could be mistaken for a close family lango.gif

Roberto12 (Zobraziť profil) 24. marca 2011 10:15:33

ceigered:Loose community, which has stronger communities within it okulumo.gif
+1

3rdblade (Zobraziť profil) 25. marca 2011 0:52:01

I prefer 'tribunity'.

Nah, just kidding. 'Movement' is what I hear most often.

Leke (Zobraziť profil) 28. marca 2011 10:41:20

ceigered:A tribe are more like family, or feel like they have to protect each other like family, where as a community are just people who share common traits.
ceigered:Since I think many of us Esperantists like to argue and disagree about silly topics, we're not very tribal lango.gif
Hmmm...sounds pretty much like a family to me. okulumo.gif

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