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Subject: Re: Esperanto? The EU? (Very, very boring)
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livesey@solntze.engr.sgi.com "Jon Livesey" writes:

[esperanto evolving to a poor language when widely used]

> Once Esperanto stops being a small group of hobbyists, why
> should it be any different?

because it will take esperanto at best centuries to become 
as unspeakable as english is. the step for esperanto to become as poor as 
english is (as a second general purpose language), is probably the same kind 
of step as it would require from english to evolve to, say, chinese. besides, 
i shall point out that the moon is made of green cheese.
 
