The Economist Votes for Esperanto

Final Results: http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/georgiagrimond/best-language-poll



http://moreintelligentlife.com/node/4219/votes?sort=desc&order=Visitor

Good, we have surpassed Latin.
Bone ni preterpasis latinan lau' tiu-cxi gxisdatigo.

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On Monday

Brazilian Portuguese 26% (1439 votes) Spanish18% (965 votes) French 17% (923 votes) Chinese 15% (834 votes) Esperanto 6% (323 votes) Latin 5% (290 votes) Gaelic 4% (197 votes) Arabic 3% (167 votes) Scottish Gaelic 1% (76 votes) Russian 1% (32 votes) love of the people and

The editor of The Economist "tries" to acknowledge Esperanto as a small movement that can't win against the strength of computer translation.

EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE ESPERANTO IS BEATING OUT RUSSIAN, GERMAN AND ARABIC.

http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/robert-butler/esperanto-rises-poll

A similar discussion was almost simultaneous at another Economist article.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/02/daily-chart-9?page=2&sort=2#sort-comments