Re: CHAT: Umberto Eco and Esperanto

"Raymond A. Brown" wrote:

> Er - I don't suppose the fact that Esperanto has been around for more than
> a century & that Vorlin is a newcomer (and I'm not sure if it's been
> completed yet) has anything to do with the number of users, books etc.
>
> The IAL that comes closest in the modern world to anything like universal
> use is English.  That has vastly more 'people and books' than Esperanto.
> Does that make English even more perfect?
>
> (BTW I'm *NOT* advocating English as _the_ IAL - merely observing a fact)
Which makes me wonder:  what if Esperanto, somehow, got the
backing of some imperialist country today, and was able to impose
itself on many speakers by sheer fact of its common use among
the imperialists, much like English.  Would that then make it *truly*
perfect, despite how it got there? :)

This is the only way at present I could imagine Esperanto vastly
expanding its use in a short amount of time.

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