George Boeree | Re: [LFN] The future
- Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
- Tema: Re: [LFN] The future
- Data: 2010-10-31 12:40
- Mesaje: 3205 (a supra, presedente, seguente)
If only we had someone with the know-how to do these things. Me, I don't know what an irc is (one of those creatures from Lord of the Rings?). So, ravendon, are you volunteering? :-) Jorj On Oct 30, 2010, at 11:26 PM, ravendon wrote: > I agree that English won't be supplanted. Probably ever, unless the > US, Britain and all other English speaking countries fall severely > down the ladder of international relevance. > > The only way for any auxlang to succeed is for some international > organization of sufficient weight and respect adopts it. Then other > organizations may follow, which will lead to a cascade of acceptance. > > In what areas has English gained a foothold and eventual dominance? > Business. Religion. Science. Medical. Sports. > > What would happen if we could get the Vatican to adopt an auxlang > other than Latin or alongside Latin? Perhaps, complete a bible in > LFN like they are doing with Interlingua and Esperanto? Religion > can be a way to get a foothold. > > Or if the Olympics adopted LFN as the official aux lang of the games? > > Or maybe the Red Cross and the Red Crescent could use it, which is > a long shot since English and Arabic are so dominant. > > I know the United Nations have been toying with the idea of an > auxlang for a while now. > > If the UN adopted LFN as the official aux lang than that would be a > HUGE step. > > Even if we could get LFN adopted as a language on manuals alongside > Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, > it would be very good. People would see it and perhaps be curious > about it and seek out more info. > > Does LFN have any official PR dept. working on stuff such as this? > It would be nice if a business or political organization could > request more info and get sent material or maybe get things > translated for them. > > Do we have an irc channel where people can come and chat or maybe a > java client on the LFN website that people can use to enter a chat > room and learn in real time? > > Or maybe an official LFN twitter? I've been twittering more info > about LFN and using the #LFN #LinguaFrancaNova hash tags, more and > more. > > And we could also learn and adopt other tactics from different > auxlangs such as Esperanto and Interlingua. LFN Radio? LFN irc > channel? LFN newsletter? LFN twitter? LFN YouTube? > > Man, it would be great if we could get LFN moving until it > eventually takes over the world. > > --- In LinguaFrancaNova@yahoogroups.com, Paul Bartlett > <bartlett@...> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Steven wrote: > > > > > Having investigated a number of different conlangs in the past few > > > weeks, I can honestly say that, despite its apparent lack of > > > popularity, LFN is by far the easiest to speak, and I think > that is > > > absolutely vital in instigating the development of an > international > > > auxiliary language. I'm not expert, but LFN is certainly the one I > > > choose to learn because of its ease of use, and I will continue to > > > learn it, despite its apparent unpopularity. > > > > I have just addressed in anther response just a few minutes ago. If > > you want Lingua Franca Nova to succeed (and I encourage you if > you have > > interest), it will take serious effort to push against the > momentum of > > English -- the most successful international auxiliary language in > > history!! (just not a constructed one) -- and Esperanto, which > probably > > has more active users that all other conIALs put together. > > > > -- > > Paul Bartlett > > > Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde  [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]