Re: OT: needed: witty facts re: positive aspects of Islamic culture

Esperanto is, if nothing else, a valuable artifact in the history of
conlanging, whether you like the language or not.  Personally, I find
it elegant - but I also like Perl.  :) (siimilar thing, I guess.
Nouns end in -o, scalars begin with $...)  And of course E-o can be a
bit repetitive.  But yes, it has a symbol, a flag in fact - remember
that it's not just a language, but a whole Movement, one which had
significant momentum early last century.  The idea was that
Esperantists could identify each other by wearing little green stars,
and businesses where E-o was spoken could likewise put verdaj steloj
in their windows.



On 4/9/08, Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> wrote:
> Den 9. apr. 2008 kl. 12.14 skreiv Benct Philip Jonsson:
> >
> >>> Let's make that "No Cross, No Crown, No Green Star, No
> >>> Chauvinism", including first and foremost cultural
> >>> chauvinism!
> >> Why is Green Star symbolic for advocating auxlangs?
> >
> > The symbol of Esperanto, namely!
>
> Aha, I didn't even know it had a symbol.
>
> I've never cared about Esperanto, I must say.
>
> LEF
>
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