Hic un message al CNN in re le Esperanto pro Europa Io crede que il esserea bon haber alcun alteres inviar un monstra de supporto pro Interlingua al seniores de CNN. Il esserea bon haber un interview de Leland in le CNN, nonne? :-))) Amicalmente, Jay B. [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] http://adam.cheshire.net/~jjbowks/home.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In your article which I quote below you point out the benefits of a single common auxiliary language for Europe. I grant you that Esperanto has been around for a long time. But there is an already more workable solution with many supporters and is easily accessible to everybody... check out this URL http://www.interlingua.com/ for info on it. Here is a sample... Interlingua es un standardisation del linguas romance e anglese e del vocabulario commun del scientias e technologia. Apprende Interlingua! For more information you can contact UMI the Union Mundial pro Interlingua at the URL http://www.interlingua.com/ [log in to unmask] or you can contact me, personally at... [log in to unmask] Sincerely, Jay Bowks. ----------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT OF CNN HEADLINE NEWS, MON., 15 DEC. 1997 Peace on earth from CNN! The news of the day, a world view from CNN. Hillary Bowker, London: "Overcoming language barriers has become a stumbling block for the European Union, and that's why a language movement that began over a hundred years ago is getting another look. CNN's Richard Blystone reports:" VIEWS OF EUROPEAN CONFERENCES Richard Blystone: "From the gargle at the back of a German throat to the 'oou' at the tips of a Frenchman's lips, Europe is a tangle of tongues. The fifteen nation European Union has eleven official languages and each utterance in one has to be made intelligible to the other ten, lest there be misunderstandings, VIEW OF WAR DAMAGE and nobody wants any more misunderstandings in Europe. VIEW OF MASSIVE PRINTING OPERATION Interpreting, translating, checking, printing and reprinting, the European Commission alone turns out eight hundred million pages a year. Wanted: One Language for Europe! VIEWS OF ESPERANTO CLUB IN LONDON Well, the Esperanto Movement solved that one a hundred and ten years ago! A solution to Eurobabble: "Esperanto" in Esperanto means "One who hopes" and a century on, between fify and a hundred thousand worldwide idealists are still hoping for this invented tongue to become the world's second tongue. DR. JOHN WELLS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON "I think it's an excellent candidate for the problem of solving the European language problem, because it's an easy language that can be quickly learned and if we really took it seriously, it would be a radical change in the linguistic setup in Europe."