Re: EDUML v0.4 (already!)

["Duane Morin" <duane_morin@hotmail.com>]

>IagreewithRoman on this.  Although Esperanto sounds as though it will
>bemoreeasilyunderstandable by non-native English speakers, I suspect
>whatit will actually mean is that the tags would be equally confusing
>for everyone.  There's a reason that English and not Esperanto is the
>language used internationally by air traffic controllers.

I'm no religious fanatic when it comes to Esperanto - I found the 
request rather surprising.  I just happened to have the reference books 
handy to look up the terms.  I feel selfish, though, when everybody says 
"Oh, just do it in English" - like we Americans aren't capable of 
learning another language.

You're right, there is a reason why English is universally taught, and 
it's roughly the same reason why Microsoft has a monopoly in the 
operating systems business.  It's not because English is a quality 
language, it's because the US has had the muscle over the centuries to 
make it in everybody else's best interests to speak it.

Duane


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