From jexOm@free.fr Mon Mar 22 14:42:37 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:43:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp9.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.22] helo=mwinf0901.wanadoo.fr) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B5Y7x-0003rw-4Z for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:42:37 -0800 Received: from [81.248.140.236] (ASt-Lambert-106-1-5-236.w81-248.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.248.140.236]) by mwinf0901.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7E11A180064E for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:42:04 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) In-Reply-To: <19f.221cf9ac.2d904662@wmconnect.com> References: <19f.221cf9ac.2d904662@wmconnect.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <22A6CF91-7C52-11D8-8DF6-003065E00134@free.fr> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: jexOm. Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: lojban qua lingua franca Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:42:01 +0100 To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-archive-position: 615 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: jexOm@free.fr Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners An old and well-known discussion on usenet about this topic: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=3Dfr&lr=3D&ie=3DUTF=20 -8&th=3D2c2c7b0408782706&seekm=3D199210180406.AA13458%40rand.org&frame=3Do= ff J=E9r=F4me. Le 22 mars 04, =E0 14:38, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com a =E9crit : > In a message dated 2004-03-22 5:22:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, > ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > >> Esperanto is great if you're a native speaker of Indo-European =20 >> languages, >> but >> carries a lot of baggage that inhibits native speakers of languages =20= >> like >> Swahili, Japanese, and Chinese. > > everything i've heard makes me think that esperanto is very popular in = =20 > both > china and japan. there doesn't seem to be much baggage inhibiting =20 > them. > > i found esperanto to be very easy. i find lojban to be very hard to =20= > learn, > especially the vocabulary. my opinion is still that all language =20 > groups will > find lojban equally DIFFICULT to learn. > stevo > > --part1_19f.221cf9ac.2d904662_boundary-- > > >