Linguistic imperialism

[Neal Evenhuis]

On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, Joe Laferriere wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, Jeannette Ridder wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 10:48:11 +0100 (MET)
> > From: Jeannette Ridder <RIDDER at rulrhb.LeidenUniv.nl>
> > To: josephl at CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Linguistic imperialism

<snip>
> > I really think it is good to have a language for this kind of use that is not
> > suffering from political or economical problems.
<snip>
Then .. how about Esperanto? There are some Chinese journals that have
adopted this! TOTALLY non political or economic! But  ... hardly used or
understood. At least English is used and understood by more people than
Latin. If everyone is so down on English all of a sudden, just remember
that it is the one used by the world's airlines and air traffic control.
So, there IS some precendent for it being a "global" or "universal" language.

:)

Neal