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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: Learning Japanese vs. Esperanto
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 17:19:07 GMT
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Paul O Bartlett <pobart@access.digex.net> writes in a recent posting (reference <Pine.SUN.3.94.960904082145.5448E-100000@access5.digex.net>):
>
>    One of the problems with _any_ conlang IAL, including Esperanto, 
>is distribution of materials.  I can go into a large bookstore and
>immediately purchase literature in any of various national languages. 
>I cannot go into the same bookstore and buy any literature or
>periodicals in any conlang IAL.

This is undeniably true, but it is not the fault of the language itself!
BTW is it easier to find works in any other small language- e.g. Basque 
or Estonian?


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