tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706776352316470302.post8818193620935167987..comments2023-08-05T08:24:12.505-04:00Comments on Panglott's Garden: InterlinguaPanglotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811340779409286134noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706776352316470302.post-3819964591485371692009-11-18T09:51:01.813-05:002009-11-18T09:51:01.813-05:00I don't mean to pit Esperanto against Interlin...I don't mean to pit Esperanto against Interlingua, but just point out some of the similarities and differences to people who are aware of neither. <br /><br />I was most curious about Esperanto when I started becoming interested in constructed languages. But as I learned more about these languages, my interest slowly shifted from Esperanto to Ido and gradually to Interlingua. <br /><br />@Shanya<br />Yes, thanks for that page. Stuff like that is useful!Panglotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811340779409286134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706776352316470302.post-71989406214439597602009-11-16T10:40:40.916-05:002009-11-16T10:40:40.916-05:00Thank you for the link to my (somewhat-tongue-in-c...Thank you for the link to my (somewhat-tongue-in-cheek) lesson!<br /><br />It's ironic: Interlingua was originally designed by and for the scientific community as a language that was to be sight-readable by untrained scientists the world over; the first Interlingua publications were not some Interlingua body's own newsletter, but a journal on molecular spectrography. However, in its "second renaissance" on the Internet, it's becoming seen more as a beautiful-sounding, easily-learnt language (almost an "art language"), and is also being learned as a key to English and the Romantic languages.Shanya Almafetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891939282652838510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706776352316470302.post-27838105118018021582009-11-14T17:19:11.780-05:002009-11-14T17:19:11.780-05:00The greatest merit of Esperanto, in my experience,...The greatest merit of Esperanto, in my experience, is not linguistic, but lies in its immediate usefulness today. Indeed, the language has remarkable practical benefits. Personally, I’ve made friends around the world through Esperanto that I would never have been able to communicate with otherwise. And then there’s the Pasporta Servo, which provides free lodging and local information to Esperanto-speaking travellers in over 90 countries. <br /><br />In the past few years I have had guided tours of Berlin and Milan and Douala in Cameroon in this planned language. I have discussed philosophy with a Slovene poet, humour on television with a Bulgarian TV producer. I’ve discussed what life was like in East Berlin before the wall came down, how to cook perfect spaghetti, the advantages and disadvantages of monarchy, and so on.Bill Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810992711601197508noreply@blogger.com