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| PolyglotNZ Pentaglot Groupie New ZealandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6205 days ago 71 posts - 91 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, German, Mandarin, Japanese Studies: Polish, Swedish, Hungarian, Russian | Message 145 of 346 31 January 2008 at 3:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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I have nothing against Esperanto, but I have never ever heard anyone speaking it like I speak Spanish with my mom or English with
my brother. I worked in tourism for several years and I heard Bislama, German, Finnish, Hungarian, Igbo, Ukrainian and many more languages. However, Esperanto is not on that list. There was an Esperanto convention here in New Zealand (Auckland), but I missed it. It would've been nice to attend because I really want to see REAL PEOPLE interacting with each other in la universala lingvo. Edited by PolyglotNZ on 31 January 2008 at 3:56am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| cothromóid Triglot Groupie Ireland Joined 6147 days ago 77 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English*, French, Irish Studies: Spanish, Italian | Message 146 of 346 08 February 2008 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
It's all very well that humans make things up. Mathematics was made up because we didn't have a way to represent quantities and values. The problem that I have with Esperanto is that there are perfectly good natural languages in existance that do its job 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| freakyqi Newbie United States Joined 6131 days ago 32 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 147 of 346 14 February 2008 at 12:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hebrew or other languages where I have to make saliva do things in my throat. I just can't do it.
I can't spit well either. You know how when people spit, it all goes together to a faraway landing place? I might spit a little on my shirt or something. I just don't have a good relationship with my saliva. :( It's out of my control. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jody Senior Member United States Joined 6239 days ago 242 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Bulgarian | Message 148 of 346 14 February 2008 at 12:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
Well, it's good that spitting is not a requirement in any language. I think the throat thing is kinda like rolling your R's. For some people (like me), it's easy and natural. For others, it's nearly impossible. But i think you can speak well and be understood properly without exactly perfecting every sound. Imagine a person with a lisp trying to speak English. You can understand them perfectly, but you know that some of the words are just wrong. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| the_lizard Newbie Bosnia Hercegovina Joined 6125 days ago 8 posts - 11 votes | Message 149 of 346 18 February 2008 at 12:54am | IP Logged | |||||
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I, for some unknown reason, have ignored Vietnamese for all it's worth. To the point that I actually felt ashamed for not even knowing how to thank a Vietnamese woman who helped me at Frankfurt Airport last wednesday. :S
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| Morak99 Newbie United States Joined 5486 days ago 19 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 150 of 346 22 November 2009 at 5:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'd probably pick a very small langaue with limited use like Aboriginal or Native American Languages. Few speakers and very limited written documents, if they exist at all, make a group that I don't feel any interest towards.
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| Fazla Hexaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6263 days ago 166 posts - 255 votes Speaks: Italian, Serbo-Croatian*, English, Russian, Portuguese, French Studies: Arabic (classical), German, Turkish, Mandarin | Message 151 of 346 22 November 2009 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Esperanto without any doubt
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 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6895 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 152 of 346 22 November 2009 at 11:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In principle I don't rule anything out.
Having said that, I am highly unlikely to ever take up a language spoken by a few dozen natives in a jungle somewhere. Then there are many that I might be interested in but probably will never get around to because they aren't high enough on my list. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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