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Why wouldn't we try to make place for a common language in Europe?
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And if you look around in the world, the language of today would be English.
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And it looks like it will stay that way in the forseeable future as well.
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With his proposal to introduce English as the second language in Flemish education
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Minister Smet didn't just stun (prime minister) Kris Peeters.
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However, one could argue English would be a language of unity within the Babylonian Europe
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But there's still an ideal alternative Smet hasn't considered:
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Esperanto
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An artificial language that kan be learned very easily and doesn't and doesn't favour anyone over anyone else.
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Today, convinced Esperantist universally argue for their "lingua franca"
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When I heard English would be made the European language, I was startled, quite honestly
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I heard and read about it and it was like a bomb.
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English is popular ... So I could imagine why the minister would think that
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if he introduces English as the second language, he would make himself popular
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I'm convinced that there's a languages that's more suited for that, namely "Esperanto"
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Esperanto gives us an infinite spectrum of possibilities to solve language conundrums quickly and efficiently
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Everything can be named easily
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That's a cushion.
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That's a seat.
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That's a table. That's a plant.
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I'd say it's a very rich language. One can say anything and everything in Esperanto.
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Ah Eddy. Hey, I decided to ring you to ask wether you're free at the moment?
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I speak Esperanto with my husband every day and we met at an Esperanto congress
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It was our common language and it stays untill this day
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I don't even notice it anymore.
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In my experience it's just the language I share with him
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Good afternoon, how are you doing? Is everything going well? Certainly, thank you!
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Yes, I go over to my neighbour quite often, because I need a variety of things.
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For example an egg or sugar.
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And my jelly I get there as well.
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- And does that happen in Esperanto?
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Yes ... We often speak Esperanto together, it is a great exercise to not forget the language
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I just made my shopping list and I automatically write them in Esperanto.
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So for example I wrote tomatoj (tomatoes), kukumo (cucumber), laktuko (lettuce).
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I was ill for one day ... -but ...
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but
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What are you saying?
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She went on a trip to Moscow, but it wasn't the first time that whe encountered a problem or accident of some sort during her travels
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No, I'll give it back tomorrow!
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Don't forget :-)
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I hope I won't forget.
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Minister Smet should think about which language he wants to leave our children as the European language.
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And Esperanto is the only truely international language.