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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: Brazilian polyglot (news item)
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Organization: Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
References: <19961227011300.UAA03261@ladder01.news.aol.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 23:22:24 GMT
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jeff560@aol.com (Jeff560) writes in a recent posting (reference <19961227011300.UAA03261@ladder01.news.aol.com>):
>
>Fazah said with his experience he could now learn any language within
>three weeks, but he is looking further afield and hopes to create his
>own language one of these days.
>
>``I am thinking about creating a world language like Esperanto,'' he
>said. ``I could create a new language in three weeks, a simple
>language with little grammar and phonetic spelling.''
>
With this last sentence he places himself into the already-crowded
camp of inventors/tinkerers: why doesn't he just learn & use Esperanto?

What if his sentence had read "I am thinking about creating a motorized
transportation machine like a car, a machine that you fill with petrol
which it converts to mechanical energy to take the driver where he wishes."
You might respond: "You don't need to *create* it: cars already exist!"


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