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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: Languages in the EC
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Organization: Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
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Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 20:07:14 GMT
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coby@euler.Berkeley.EDU (Coby (Jacob) Lubliner) writes in a recent posting (reference <3h5p84$1st@agate.berkeley.edu>):
>
>To continue on a personal note, I began to study English and
>Esperanto about the same time (age 10 or so), and I quickly gave up
>the latter (easy as it was for me, a native Polish speaker)
>because it was so boring - no songs, poems, stories,
>proverbs - while English was fun! 

I regret that you did not make the effort to discover the *rich* collections 
of poetry, songs, proverbs, erotica, etc. which already exist in Esperanto.
Keep in mind that your ignorance of its existence does not negate this
heritage of literature: it remains there for anyone to discover. 

Since you are obviously an accomplished polyglot, I invite you to drop your
prejudices and look again at what is happening in Esperanto. You can easily
add another language to your impressive list!  The increase in potential
contact with Asia and East Europe might make it worth your while to study the
international language.

Miko.


