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From: pardoej@lonnds.ml.com (Julian Pardoe LADS LDN X1428)
Subject: Re: Concerning the number of esperantists
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Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 09:34:03 GMT
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In article <4tvqlh$8i9@mn5.swip.net>, igor.gazdik@mailbox.swipnet.se (Igor GAZDIK) writes:
-->#In article <0dex4AAK1hAyEwHL@vision25.demon.co.uk>, 
-->#phil@vision25.demon.co.uk says...
-->#>
-->#>Is Interlingua easier for *Slovaks*? I'd have thought they'd find
-->#>Esperanto as easy.
-->#>-- 
-->
-->	interlingua is easiest for speakers of the romance languages,
-->	as well as speakers of english.   because its vocabulary is
-->	truly international

The last two words have no meaning!

-->                         and its grammar is many times simpler
-->	than is that of esperanto,

This statement needs a lot of back up before it becomes anything
more than content-free.

-->                              i don't think that esperanto would
-->	appear as easy to slovaks (or anybody).

A few bold assertions and statements of opinion don't add up to an
argument!

-- jP --


