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Subject: Esperanto and Linguistic Bias
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Date: Wed, 20-Jul-83 16:42:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 20 16:42:06 1983
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l language?  Lots of
people already know it and it's easy for large numbers to
learn."  Well, yeah, but English is the language of several
States, and is even more politically/culturally loaded than
Esperanto.
   Incidentally, the presumed cultural bias seems not to
bother the People's Republic of China, whose government
propogandaXXX information office publishes a monthly called
`El Popola \^Cinio' which has lots of pretty color photos of
China, and amusing articles which almost all talk about how
fine things have been in China since `la frakaso de la
Kvarpersona Bando'.  The translation is left as an exercise
for the reader.
   Finally, there are some not-quite-European features in
Esperanto, especially in its treatment of affixes and
compound formation.  People who read this newsgroup should
look into Esperanto even if skeptical as to its practical
value; it's pretty entertaining.

	Mike Urban
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