I grew up in #Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. There we interact mainly in our own Frisian language, while the rest of the country speaks Dutch and or some dialects.

To me it is still the easiest to interact in my native language, but also comfortable in Dutch, English and less in German and even more less in French. 1/2

But I think it would be a great improvement if people all over the world would start to learn one universal language, next to their native one(s).

This will make it easier to understand each other and maybe prevent and stop stupid, future wars.

Hope to hear your opinions.

#language #Esperanto #IDO #War Trump #Israel #Netanyahu #Gaza #Iran #Mastodon #Peace

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@Kletskous esperanto is seen as a hippy language. English is mostly the lingua franca

... Not perfect, but even in Asia they speak/learn this. Can't say that about Spanish unfortunately

@gbraad Yes, maybe English could be "the universal language", not per se against that. As long it is just one.
@gbraad
*Where* is #esperanto seen that way?
@Kletskous
@tuga @gbraad @Kletskous
It's possibly seen that way since I have hips and I speak #Esperanto. My bad 😉

@Kletskous
While I'm all for neutral bridge languages, #esperanto in particular, I think the only impact would be some more understanding and cultural interchange, but that's it.

Stupidity and corruption through power would remain.

It's a human nature problem, not a language problem.

@Kletskous

Bonvolu nomi iun ajn militon, unu solan militon, kiu komenciĝis pro nekompreno de lingvo. Ĉiuj gvidantoj, kiuj atingas la potencon, havas aliron al fluaj, lingve edukitaj interpretistoj kaj plurlingvuloj por ĉiu "malamiko", kiun la potenco eble havas.

Lingvo ne estas kaj neniam estis la problemo.

Esperanto kiel helplingvo estas por ordinaraj homoj, por ke ili evitu la prezon de miloj da horoj da praktiko kaj instrukotizoj dum jaroj kaj jaroj nur por rekte paroli kun aliaj ordinaraj homoj.

Ordinaraj homoj ne komencas militojn. Avideco, envio kaj malamo faras tion.

Ne lingvo!

#Esperanto

@pontisto Lingvo povas iom helpi ordinarajn homojn batali kontraŭ misinformado pri tio, kio vere okazas en aliaj landoj. Bedaŭrinde, tio ja ne sufiĉas por tutmonda paco.

@Kletskous

@Kletskous
"The practical upshot of all this is that if you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language. ...
Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams