FW: New answer to "Languages: Could Esperanto seriously become the lingua franca?"
Brian Barker <[email protected]>
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Mi Jam respondis. From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: New answer to "Languages: Could Esperanto seriously become the lingua franca?" Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 02:59:23 +0000 New answer to "Languages: Could Esperanto seriously become the lingua franca?" Katie Bremer, your profile is incompleteEnglish will win the battle, because...well, because Internet. English is the dominant Internet language, and the internet is our means of communicating in a world-wide-way. :) It's interesting, because I know that Spanish's influence on the USA is changing language dynamics here, but ultimately, if you can't look up specific things in a non-dominant language, you can't get ahead. As a resource, the Internet is insanely popular and useful, and knowing English is the ultimate way to use the Internet well. I used to live in rural Mexico, and when someone asked me a question I didn't know the answer to, I'd find the answer fast (in English) and then explain it to them (in Spanish). Because we are so heavily invested in online resources, I just see no chance of Esperanto, or any other language, catching up. Mandarin might have a shot, but I doubt it. To see the question with all answers, visit: http://www.quora.com/Languages/Could-Esperanto-seriously-become-the-lingua-franca/answer/Katie-Bremer Thanks, The Quora Team We sent you this email because you are following this question. To stop following it, click this link: http://www.quora.com/login/auto_login?... To control which emails we send you, visit: Email Settings This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is your best source for knowledge. To disable all email from Quora, visit the following link: Unsubscribe.