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Re: Artyom Kouzminykh: Answes&proposal

From:Hese Kiel <hesekyel@...>
Date:Thursday, August 26, 1999, 9:03
> Esperanto's phonology is very > difficult (only slavic-speaking people can master it > without training, > and maybe Germans).
What! All those fancy "s" stuff in Esperanto can be found in English too. As native finnish speaker I think esperanto phonology is too hard if your mother tang doesn't belong to indo-"european" languages.
> > The strangest thing about all this is that > whereas Esperanto's > phonology is nearly impossible to master for Asian > people, most of the > new Esperantists that appear nowadays are Asian, and > the current > president of the UEA (who can be considered nearly > as the president of > all the Esperanto movement) is even Korean, and > speaks a very good > Esperanto. Sometimes reality is even more incredible > than sci-fi. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > > "Raw to the floor like reservoir dogs" - > A.V. Helden > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > -- > Christophe Grandsire > > Philips Research Laboratories -- Building > WB 145 > Prof. Holstlaan 4 > 5656 AA Eindhoven > The Netherlands > > Phone: +31-40-27-45006 > E-mail: grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com >
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