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Re: Great Moments in Con/Auxlang Filmmaking

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, May 5, 2000, 18:15
Irina Rempt wrote:

> (well, yes, I've heard of people raising their kids in Esperanto as > their first language, and I've also heard that those people were > thrown out of the Esperanto community because the inevitable > creolization "tainted" the purity of Esperanto. Anyone know how much > of that is true?)
Hardly. There are a few hundred native Esperanto speakers, essentially all of whom are the children of marriages where E-o was the common language of the household. In all cases, the children grew up speaking the local language as well. Native speakers have no special authority, but are a recognized part of the E-o community. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)