Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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.

2 comments:

  1. ONE DAY LATER ESPERANTO STANDS WITH 9 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTE, WHICH HAS SURPASSED 5,000 PARTICIPANTS.

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  2. Two days later we are at 11 percento.

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