tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post1494050056456691049..comments2024-03-26T12:56:54.350+00:00Comments on LMS Chairman: Esperanto vs. LatinLatin Mass Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951084157414901564noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-30345560329075685662016-06-06T18:01:59.341+01:002016-06-06T18:01:59.341+01:00Ha ha, yes that is amusing.
The connection with W...Ha ha, yes that is amusing.<br /><br />The connection with Warsaw Pact 'internationalism' is interesting too.Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-76210841242189328792016-06-06T12:29:05.304+01:002016-06-06T12:29:05.304+01:00Very likely, but Esperanto was enthusiastically pr...Very likely, but Esperanto was enthusiastically promoted by the Eastern Bloc countries in the 70s, presumably as a way of recruiting potential sympathisers in the West. <br />Incidentally, you can have lots of fun googling the words "Esperanto" and "cult" together ...AndrewWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196842185913965725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-37646357448150524252016-06-06T08:06:28.617+01:002016-06-06T08:06:28.617+01:00"Unlike Latin, Esperanto has been used and st..."Unlike Latin, Esperanto has been used and still is used as a home language." <br />That's a false dichotomy. There are of course also people who use Latin as a home language. (I happen to know a couple...) Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757343154990320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-74208939974407098742016-06-05T14:36:17.055+01:002016-06-05T14:36:17.055+01:00Come to that, Latin has been a cradle language for...Come to that, Latin has been a cradle language for some people. I wouldn't recommend it, for the reasons indicated in the post. <br /><br />I've nothing against Esperanto except the claims made for it in this particular letter in the Catholic press. Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-30657650156865207562016-06-05T10:33:01.199+01:002016-06-05T10:33:01.199+01:00I have been speaking Esperanto for about fifty yea...I have been speaking Esperanto for about fifty years, and I am certainly not irate. I am sorry to see the confrontational heading “Esperanto vs. Latin”. The fact is that both have their place in the linguistic universe.<br /><br />I did five years of Latin in school and I do not regret it. This poor Anglican has often made use of it in deciphering memorial plaques in cathedrals in Britain and elsewhere. The Latin taught in schools and used a little in the Roman Catholic Church was not the language of a people. It is, like Esperanto, an artificial creation. <br /><br />My own experience after many decades of using Esperanto is that a planned language can be "internalised" as well as any mother tongue. This suggests to me that the distinction between natural and artificial language is more apparent than real. <br /><br />Unlike Latin, Esperanto has been used and still is used as a home language. I’ve met about a score of native speakers of Esperanto over the years, mostly the children of parents (e.g. one Japanese, one German) for whom Esperanto is the normal common language.<br /><br />Latin has its domains and so has Esperanto. They do not need to be seen as rivals. There is plenty of room for them both.<br />Bill Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810992711601197508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-87772304667955051012016-06-05T10:20:23.521+01:002016-06-05T10:20:23.521+01:00I wonder if his attitude, and Hitler's, was in...I wonder if his attitude, and Hitler's, was inspired by anti-semitism. Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-39436514943704724342016-06-05T03:01:21.185+01:002016-06-05T03:01:21.185+01:00so was Stalin right to shoot all the Esperantists?...so was Stalin right to shoot all the Esperantists?Geraldine Lamonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00572869471781076783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-39700325652412082322016-06-04T21:37:11.603+01:002016-06-04T21:37:11.603+01:00Works fine for me.Works fine for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258139656128409092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-48780323767620615882016-06-04T19:56:30.476+01:002016-06-04T19:56:30.476+01:00Position Paper won't open as it is "damag...Position Paper won't open as it is "damaged"...Eriugenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181241796631553348noreply@blogger.com