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Posted October 07, 2016
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trentonlf: But at the time when this language was created English was not the universal language and the idea behind Esperanto was a good one.
But wasn't it also Latin/Greek around that time or just before then?
I'm a bit fuzzy on my language history.
Posted October 07, 2016
I know, that German nearly became the official language in the USA. If that had happened, it would be much easier for me! :-D
Posted October 07, 2016
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zeogold: But wasn't it also Latin/Greek around that time or just before then?
I'm a bit fuzzy on my language history.
I think at that time not many people were speaking Latin, here's a brief history I found on Latin:

[url=http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/structure/latin.html]http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/structure/latin.html[/url]
Posted October 07, 2016
Not trolling, but I honestly thought Esperanto died out not long after t was created. I didn't realize it had actually caught on to any degree at all.
Posted October 07, 2016
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Bigs: Rimmer: Oh yeah? Well, as the Esperanto would say, “Bonvoro alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo!” And I think we all know what that means.
Holly: Yes, it means, “Could you send for the hall porter, there appears to be a frog in my bidet.”
This is the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread ;-)
Posted October 07, 2016
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trentonlf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
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zeogold: Interesting! I didn't know such a thing existed.
I don't really get the point, though...isn't it easier to just pick a language and have everybody learn/speak that? That's kind of what happened with English in Europe, right?
Hipster gibberish. It's secret code talk for the jewish mob. Helps them find their way in the dark. They were content with Yiddish but then the goyim started catching on, so they had their pal Morse come up with some new beeps and bloops to use.
Posted October 07, 2016
Nope, no Esperanto. Mixes too many language groups together and turns it in to a disgusting mix. I will rather learn the origin languages then it. Plus its just a language for intellectual elites to play with.
Posted October 07, 2016
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GR00T: Not trolling, but I honestly thought Esperanto died out not long after t was created. I didn't realize it had actually caught on to any degree at all.
The same. I recall reading or hearing about Esperanto as a kid, apparently some people still thought back then (e.g. in the 80s) that it might still make it and unite the whole world with no wars nor arguments about which video game console is the best. But not at all afterwards, so I figured it is dead already.

I guess it sounds good in theory, and it kinda makes me sad that something AS OVERLY STUPID as daylight saving time gets adopted all over the world, but something that actually makes sense like Esperanto doesn't.

As always, it is not necessarily something that is theoretically the best and most optimal that becomes the standard, but something else becomes the de-facto standard for a reason or another. Like MS-DOS and PCs. So yeah, with all the shortcoming that English has, it is the de facto standard international language that is used by different nations to communicate with each other, so deal with it people. It is not the worst of all possibilities, you might just as well be learning Finnish, or Chinese for christ sake!
Post edited October 07, 2016 by timppu
Posted October 08, 2016
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timppu: I guess it sounds good in theory, and it kinda makes me sad that something AS OVERLY STUPID as daylight saving time gets adopted all over the world, but something that actually makes sense like Esperanto doesn't.
OMG, coulnd't agree with you more! F***, I hate DST.

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timppu: As always, it is not necessarily something that is theoretically the best and most optimal that becomes the standard, but something else becomes the de-facto standard for a reason or another. Like MS-DOS and PCs.
Or Betamax and VHS. ;)
Posted October 08, 2016
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timppu: I guess it sounds good in theory, and it kinda makes me sad that something AS OVERLY STUPID as daylight saving time gets adopted all over the world, but something that actually makes sense like Esperanto doesn't.
Wait...Daylight Savings is a worldwide thing?
For some reason, I was under the impression that just America had it.
Posted October 08, 2016
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timppu: you might just as well be learning Finnish, or Chinese for christ sake!
Oh, for the love of god, no.

Or, as they say in Finnish: lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas tipat sytytystulppa päälle Lohikäärme.

[url= Seriously, I have no idea if that's even grammatically allowed. Finnish is so synthetic I just look at two words and cry myself to sleep. I don't even think my throat has the right muscles to pronounce those words. ][/url]
Posted October 08, 2016
I know some language geeks, but never learned any Esperanto. We had fun with Klingon, but it was fifteen to twenty years ago and I'm quite rusty now.
Post edited October 08, 2016 by Rixasha
Posted October 08, 2016
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zeogold: Wait...Daylight Savings is a worldwide thing?
For some reason, I was under the impression that just America had it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

Mostly an American and European thing, I guess. I meant it as "used in many many countries over the world", not quite "every country in the world".

I'm kinda happy for large areas in the map falling into the "formerly used daylight savings", suggesting that so many countries have tried it, but considered it stupid (like it is) and decided to ditch it. If only e.g. EU would wise up as well (I think Finland adopted it at some point just to be "compatible" with other EU/European countries, and probably nowadays some stupid EU regulation forces us to keep it).

People who promote daylight saving should be shot, and fed to the dogs! And then the dogs should be shot too!
Posted October 08, 2016
Daylight saving time is awesome. Morning commute during summer should happen when it's not blisteringly hot yet. Morning commute during winter should happen after sunrise.
Posted October 08, 2016
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timppu: I'm kinda happy for large areas in the map falling into the "formerly used daylight savings", suggesting that so many countries have tried it, but considered it stupid (like it is) and decided to ditch it. If only e.g. EU would wise up as well (I think Finland adopted it at some point just to be "compatible" with other EU/European countries, and probably nowadays some stupid EU regulation forces us to keep it).

People who promote daylight saving should be shot, and fed to the dogs! And then the dogs should be shot too!
Of course using it or not is a political decision, but it's only useful in countries that experience notable seasonal variations in day length, and what it tries to do is adjust normal adult-active work hours within a shorter daylight period.

That is true for most of central and southern Europe I guess. Why do you think it's bad (for everyone)?
Post edited October 08, 2016 by WinterSnowfall
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