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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: easiest lang for beginner
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Reply-To: lilandbr@scn.org (Liland Brajant ROS')
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Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 22:36:37 GMT
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In a previous article, dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw () says:

>The easiest language at the elementary level might be Chinese: ...
>                                                         Dan Strychalski
>                                              dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw
>
Esperanto wasn't, as I recall, among the languages originally listed, but 
if the student can get to San Francisco for three weeks in the summer, 
the credit courses (four levels) in Esperanto offered at San Francisco 
State University are well worth the time, the money, and the energy they 
require.  After three weeks you will be MUCH more fluent in Esperanto 
than you would be in Chinese after a quarter of Chinese (though Chinese 
is WELL WORTH studying if Esperanto's not available!)  And Esperanto will 
probably have a wider (geographically if in no other sense) range of 
usefulness to you in the future than any other language you might start 
with, as well as giving you a leg up if/when you do decide to learn a 
third language.

Provu Esperanton...  _tiam_ decidu!

Liland Brajant ROS' <lilandbr@scn.org>
