2002-08-16 While searching for info on Esperanto and SI, I came across this winner.
http://www.warsawvoice.pl/v404/View00.html And look it is published on a Polish site too! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-08-16 21:29 Subject: [USMA:21766] Re: cease and desist > From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <I wonder if Esperanto is a metric only language. Does anyone know if > Esperanto accommodates FFU?> > > That's a good question. I understand that Esperanto is largely derived from > Italian, so it might. There are also other "synthetic" languages such as > Interlang and Eurolang. > > Whether we like it or not, however, English seems to be the de facto global > language. I was surprised to read (in an article by Dr. Baj Kaschru, an > Indian academician) that the move to English is being influenced much more > by China and India than by the US or Britain. He said that both countries > tend to use English as a "uniting tongue" because being of outside origin > makes it politically neutral, which avoids the jealousies and resentments > that would result if their governments chose one local language as the > "official" one for business communication. -- Jason > >
