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minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 days agoReal anti capitalists learn Esperanto
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoNah, they’d learn Toki Pona, because it’s an amazing interlanguage.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI’m no anti capitalist, but I also learned Esperanto a few years ago. But nobody really speaks it, so I switched to learning something a bit more practical (SO’s native language so I’m less helpless when we visit their country).
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoBecause it’s a W language meant to foster international communication and understanding.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoSorry for my ignorance, what’s a W language??
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoW, like winner. It’s internet slang. It’s a winning language.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoYou sent me down this rabbit hole, you meanie.
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoLol, I had never heard of that before. That’s awesome!
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI was like “oh a programming language you can speak now I want to learn it.” 😭
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI did not know that was a thing. Now I need to learn to read cyrillic esperanto as well. Thanks!
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoEsperanton estas bona lingvo. Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoJes. Mi lernis paroli Esperanton antaŭ kelkaj jaroj. Estas amuze, sed neniu parolas ĝin.
Real anti capitalists learn Esperanto
Nah, they’d learn Toki Pona, because it’s an amazing interlanguage.
I’m no anti capitalist, but I also learned Esperanto a few years ago. But nobody really speaks it, so I switched to learning something a bit more practical (SO’s native language so I’m less helpless when we visit their country).
May I ask why?
Because it’s a W language meant to foster international communication and understanding.
Sorry for my ignorance, what’s a W language??
W, like winner. It’s internet slang. It’s a winning language.
You sent me down this rabbit hole, you meanie.
Lol, I had never heard of that before. That’s awesome!
I was like “oh a programming language you can speak now I want to learn it.” 😭
Есперанто товарищ!
I did not know that was a thing. Now I need to learn to read cyrillic esperanto as well. Thanks!
Esperanton estas bona lingvo. Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?
Jes. Mi lernis paroli Esperanton antaŭ kelkaj jaroj. Estas amuze, sed neniu parolas ĝin.