Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Esperanto locale

041207 Pupeno wrote:
> Je Mardo Decembro 7 2004 00:31, Shawn skribis:
>> Isn't Esperanto a failed attempt at a standardized common language
>> for all European languages? Do you really have need for it?
>> Frankly, there already is a common language for all of Europe. ENGLISH!
>> *ducks*
> Why there's always someone that say this when you mention Esperanto ?
> 1) It's not an attempt at standarizing common languages for Europe,
> but an attempt to create a common language for the world.
> 2) I DO have a need for it because I use it, I write/read/speak it.
> 3) It didn't fail.
> A language like this cannot be expected to be spoken for day to night,
> but it has survived more than 100 years,
> it is spoken by 2 million people worldwide and the number is increasing.

this is getting a bit OT, so first AFAIK (mi povas vidi),
there is no Esperanto locale: you have to adapt one from another language.
i explored this earlier in the year & found
(1) you can't input Esperanto into a terminal,
but UTF-8 terminals (Mlterm, Uxterm) can display it,
so you can do greps, if you need to;
(2) you can easily set up Vim to use Esperanto;
(3) you can get Open Office to handle it with a bit more work.

as for use, i've been using it to read the Old Testament of the Bible,
of which there is an excellent translation by Ludwig Zamenhof himself
(he created Esperanto in his mid-20s -- a typical Gentoo age -- c 1887 ),
which is much clearer to read than the usual English versions.

my ancestors spoke Welsh & Estonian & i read Ancient Greek & Latin,
so the more European languages the better, i'ld say (grin).

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