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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: WANTED: Single European language: European english
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Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 20:33:07 GMT
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klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen) writes in a recent posting (reference <55s8gp$4n5@vidar.diku.dk>):
>marnen@bigfoot.com (Marnen Laibow-Koser) writes:
>
>>Finally: does it seem odd to anyone else that this thread (and the other
>>similar ones), arguing about the suitability of English as an
>>international language, and drawing participants from several European
>>countries, is still almost completely in English? I, for one, probably
>>wouldn't have written this in English if my Esperanto were a little less
>>rusty.
>
>Not odd at all.  The contributors desire their articles to be read,
>and therefore write them in a language that will be understood.
>
There are also similar threads from time to time which are written in
German, French, Esperanto, Finnish, etc. -- all languages which are well
understood by writers participating in those discussions
>Klaus O K


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