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From: williamb@netcom.com (Richard Belcher)
Subject: Re: Rubbish Speak (was Bigotry)
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Peter Hullah (Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr) wrote:
: Michael Hardy wrote:
: > 
: >         Why do you classify Esperanto as "rubbish speak"?  Esperanto is as
: > much defined by its native and other speakers as is English.  There are
: > even verb tenses (specifically, conditional participles) in common use in
: > Esperanto that Zamenhoff didn't invent and that are not found in grammar
: > books.

  It's not so much that it's rubbish speak, it could be a nice little 
hobby. It's more how Esperanto enthusiasts worm their way into every 
conversation claiming that learning Esperanto will solve all the worlds 
ills. Much of Internet has come to look on Esperantoo enthusiasts much as 
they view Jehovah Witnesses knocking on their door at 8 am every Tuesday 
morning for years on end.
-- 
  People just don't seem to gavotte and mazurka with the spirit and grace 
that they used to.
                                          Richard Belcher
                                          williamb@netcom.com

