As long as language is an art form, having all of its nuances explored, being legitimized by its users; it is highly unlikely that anyone will successfully create a viable alternative.
- Robert - -----Original Message----- From: Muriel Bittencourt de Liz <mur...@grucad.ufsc.br> To: EMC-PSTC List <emc-p...@ieee.org> Cc: Lou Gnecco <l...@tempest-inc.com> List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 10:51 AM Subject: Re: modest proposal Group, I think this discussion of language is very important. Why? I'll speak for myself... During the last centuries/years, most of the "third-world" or "developing countries" (as you prefer) has adopted the idea of "buying technologies" instead of "developing its own". Together with that, has come the "imposing" of the product's manufacturer language, that is the english, german, etc... As you can see, we don't use english because it is simple or easy to write/talk. We use it because most of the industrial world has adopted it as a universal language. Lou wrote: "I certainly agree that the world does not need another artificial language like esperanto." I'm studying esperanto for some time, and I don't think esperanto is artificial at all! Esperanto was made to be easy for people from all nations. It's made of "pieces" from various languages (most radicals resemble latim language, the grammar is very similar to english, because of its simplicity). The original purpose of the esperanto language is to be a "nation-free" language. A language that someone learns because someone wants to talk with people from other nations, without any prejudice of race, language or faith. We are in entering the third millenium. I think it's time to begin thinking/acting different. Why couldn't we all talk a language that everybody has to learn, instead of only the non-english countries? It can be esperanto, universal language, etc... Well, all of these may seem only dreams from a brazilian engineer... but I think that's the way we create our world! Best Regards, Saudações, Salutojn! Muriel ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org