http://english-esperanto.com/Europe Which is better as European Union's only language? Sun, 11 May 2008 17:09:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another hard criticism against Volapük, Esperanto, Ido, Interlingua and other conlangs, answering a comment from a Esperantist in a post about the Grin Report's support for Esperanto as Europe's language: Le meilleur est l’ennemi du bien, ‘The best is the enemy of the good’; Ever since Ido tried to ‘improve’ on ... http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2008/05/11/esperanto-ido-interlingua-the-law-of-persistence-of-errors/ In the website La Lingua Superrealejo de Sonja - Sonja's Linguistic Surrealscape you can find a self-made English-Esperanto dictionary, la Angla-Esperanto vortaro de Sonja. You can also find some word comparisons Esperanto-English-Russian-French, the Fakvortaro pri Sako, for quick reference. http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2008/05/11/la-lingua-superrealejo-de-sonja-sonjas-linguistic-surrealscape/ This Wordpress Translation Plugin supports Esperanto from version 1.2, i.e. from English into other language pairs. If you ask the creator, he might create new WordPress plugins from other languages into Esperanto as well. [tags]Esperanto,English,Conlang,IAL,International Auxiliary Language,Ido,Conference,Interlingua,Occidental,Novial,Slovio,Latin,Latine sine Flexione,EU,language policy,linguistic policy,EU language,Artificial language,natural language,linguistics,philology[/tags] http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2007/07/17/wordpress-translation-plugin-into-esperanto-and-other-languages/ Hard criticism on conlangs, in the Indo-European language revival site, also extended in the Indo-European Language blog and in their Indo-European forum. To all of you well-minded Esperantists and the rest of artificial languages’ supporters: First of all, thank you for your interest in Proto-Indo-European language revival. We appreciate your critics, whether ... http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2007/07/14/esperanto-ido-lojban-sindarin-klingon-and-other-gameexperimentalinvented-languages%e2%80%99-supporters-vs-proto-indo-european-revival/ Over a midmorning breakfast of waffles with whipped cream and bananas, Sonja Elen Kisa provides a crash course on her invented language, Toki Pona - "the simple language of good." Take the phrase "Canada has two official languages," she says: It translates to "ma Kanata li jo e toki suli tu," ... http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2007/07/14/at-least-100-speak-toki-pona-a-new-conlang-fluently-mostly-in-online-chat-rooms-and-blogs/ CORVALLIS — The Oregon Chautauqua Lecture Series will present a collection of history, culture and ideas from 12:10 to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 N.W. Monroe Ave. • July 17: “Magic Carpet Made of Steel: Songs of America’s Railroads,” by Jeni K. Foster. The glory ... http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2007/07/14/dr-esperanto-and-the-dream-of-a-universal-language/ An open letter from Lingvo sent to the European Parliament defending the adoption of one language, Esperanto, for the EU: We pay € 17 THOUSAND MILLION each year into the British economy! Dear Member of Parliament, October 2005 saw the publication of a particularly interesting report, accessible in French in PDF Format, ... http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2007/02/15/the-francois-grin-report-supports-esperanto-as-european-unions-best-option/ This time is not about English being the best option, but about Esperanto competing with other language alternatives, in this case Indo-European - or, better, a modern reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European. The article is Esperanto vs. Europaio?: * Esperanto is an artifcial language invented by one man, as there are hundreds ... http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2007/01/27/is-esperanto-the-best-option-for-the-european-union-as-a-neutral-language/ I found this personal website while surfing on the Net, looking for free resources for Esperanto students and learners. I think it's time to show a position more critic towards the adoption of Esperanto as International language. If you are an innocent lover of Esperanto, and you have a weak ... http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2007/01/25/learn-not-to-speak-esperanto-a-critic-englishmans-criterion/ This sociopolitical essay is another interesting free ebook digitalised by the Gutenberg Project: International Language: Past, Present and Future. With Specimens Of Esperanto and Grammar, by W. J. Clark. It is a bit old, but still worth the reading, not to repeat the same comparisons (with Latin, Greek, English, French, etc.) ... http://english-esperanto.com/Europe/2007/01/24/international-language-past-present-and-future/