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Date Posted: 23:55:08 11/05/99 Fri
Author: Zenman
Subject: Re: C^u unu malsana(ill) lingvo, o kio?!!
In reply to: Max 's message, "Re: C^u unu malsana(ill) lingvo, o kio?!!" on 23:35:25 11/05/99 Fri

> > As I begin to dabble in Esperanto again, with all its
> > beautiful simplicity, it occurs to me what a f^ck^ng
> > convoluted language English is.
> >
> > How the hell did it get popular?! GF
>
> I was just talking about this with a girl in my cohort
> who is from Hong Kong. We were laughing about
> English. It appears as though once you reach a
> certain grade there, all the books and all of school
> is in English. However, after school gets out, very
> few continue to use English. I love to look at her
> books- they are full of written Chinese translations
> for English words. I feel lucky to have learned
> English first. Thanks for the website. Maybe I can
> connect with more people if I start to speak Esperanto
> (is that right?). Back to my quasi-English
> readings... :) Max

Saluton, Max!

Looks like we both took an Internet break at almost exactly the same time.

Not only are you a good student, studying on Friday night, but I see that you are now officially of the Blue (de la Azula tro). Congratulations! Tre bona!

G^is la revido!

Zenman

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  • Las idiomas (language) -- theo, 05:15:54 11/06/99 Sat
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