Rather Poor close mindedness At englishforum (blog post found) - Page 2

Peg A · #21 02.11.2011, 23:21

How'd you come across that anyhow? What were you searching for that it yielded that as one of the results - I entered "yawn fest" in Google and it didn't turn that up for me.

Assassin · #22 02.11.2011, 23:33

Any idea what Esperanto women look like? (Just askin'?)

miniMia · #23 02.11.2011, 23:43

I sort of feel like responding to them..... but I won't.

	Quote:	Peg A
	How'd you come across that anyhow? What were you searching for that it yielded that as one of the results - I entered "yawn fest" in Google and it didn't turn that up for me.

You'd be surprised when the EF pops up! One time I was searching something like Evita Fact or Fiction after seeing the movie. And a blog post bitching about EF turned up! Weird.

	Quote:	Assassin
	Any idea what Esperanto women look like? (Just askin'?)

Peg A · #24 02.11.2011, 23:46

Have to admit, curiosity somewhat peeked...

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	Esperanto was created in the late 1870s and early 1880s by Dr. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, an ophthalmologist of mixed cultural heritage from Bialystok, then part of the Russian Empire. According to Zamenhof, he created this language to foster harmony between people from different countries.

Ooooh, a created language. I see.

Still, perhaps learning it first will help me learn Hoch Deutsch which will help me learn Baseldüütsch...

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	There is evidence that learning Esperanto may provide a superior foundation for learning languages in general, and some primary schools teach it as preparation for learning other foreign languages.

Ahh... wiki, where would I find things out without you?

Markarina · #25 03.11.2011, 00:00

	Quote:	porsch1909
	'87.2536637373% of statistics found on the internet are false' - Abraham Lincoln

There are lies, damn lies and statistics

adrianlondon · #26 03.11.2011, 00:11

	Quote:	Assassin
	Any idea what Esperanto women look like? (Just askin'?)

Out of this world.

Anyway, shouldn't that obsessive's blog be written in Esperanto?

Phil_MCR · #27 03.11.2011, 00:16

ok. i'll post an interesting fact. esperanto is linked to the the death of a pregnant woman and 5 children during world war 2.

the deaths were caused by hydrogen balloon bombs launched by the japanese and carried by the jet stream to america. the japanese got the idea from this from a scientific paper published in esperanto.

Mia kusenveturilo estas angiloplena

edit: found a wikilink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasaburo_Oishi

Jobsrobertsharpii · #28 03.11.2011, 00:40

	Quote:	miniMia
	They didn't really say that we fear Esperanto will take over English?! Delusional much?

I was reading the responses up to this point, when, IMHO, they went from having a position (with which I disagree) to being extreme and irrational.

Esperanto is as likely to replace English, or any other major language, as binary code is to replace English, or any other major language.

Assassin · #29 03.11.2011, 08:16

	Quote:	Jobsrobertsharpii
	Esperanto is as likely to replace English, or any other major language, as binary code is to replace English, or any other major language.

11101010100101100101100011010101000100111010101001 01001010001010110010100101101001010100100110001111 10010100100101010001111010010101000101000101010010 10100100101001010111010101010100101011010100101001 01010101011010101010101101010101010100111010101010 01010110101001001010101001010010100101010100001000 10010100000111010100101010100100011110101001010100 1011110101010010100101010010101101

(Apologies for any typos or profanity)

Captain Greybeard · #30 03.11.2011, 09:36

	Quote:	Assassin
	Any idea what Esperanto women look like? (Just askin'?)

	Quote:	miniMia

Mini, that's Klingon.

Esperanto women look like this:

#31 03.11.2011, 09:40

	Quote:	Peg A
	How'd you come across that anyhow? What were you searching for that it yielded that as one of the results - I entered "yawn fest" in Google and it didn't turn that up for me.

I'm going to plead the 5th.

KeinFranzösisch · #32 03.11.2011, 09:53

I'm not going to look to see if his assertions are true... but it seems he's got some valid points.

Nil · #33 03.11.2011, 10:01

	Quote:	KeinFranzösisch
	I'm not going to look to see if his assertions are true... but it seems he's got some valid points.

My opinion too

Upthehatters2008 · #34 03.11.2011, 10:12

	Quote:	Assassin
	1110101010100110010101100011010101000100111010101001010010100010101 10010100101101001010100100110001111100101001001010 10001111010010101000101000101010010101001001010010 10111010101010100101011010100101001010101010110101 01010101101010101010100111010101010010101101010010 01010101001010010100101010100001000100101000001110 10100101010100100011110101001010100101111010101001 0100101010010101101 (Apologies for any typos or profanity)

Fixed that for you.

Jobsrobertsharpii · #35 05.11.2011, 19:17

	Quote:	Assassin
	11101010100101100101100011010101000100111010101001 01001010001010110010100101101001010100100110001111 10010100100101010001111010010101000101000101010010 10100100101001010111010101010100101011010100101001 01010101011010101010101101010101010100111010101010 01010110101001001010101001010010100101010100001000 10010100000111010100101010100100011110101001010100 1011110101010010100101010010101101 (Apologies for any typos or profanity)

Can I get a translation, please. I'm too lazy...