Thread: Planned Russian

I think it's a great idea. But I am rather extreme about things like this... For example, I think that the EU should use Esperanto as a language of communication between the countries... Not English.

I suppose the complicated Russian grammar is one of the charming things about the language. Once you DO know it, you can do fantastic things with the language....
But to learn it for a foreigner is really hard.

Originally Posted by Hanna

I think that the EU should use Esperanto as a language of communication between the countries... Not English.

To be honest, I think a language like Esperanto should be used worldwide and being taught as a second language in all schools worldwide. Selecting one language among the others and giving it an unfair preference is not the best idea. Unfortunately, the great idea of Esperanto did not shoot very well [yet] because of the two world wars and the rise of the nationalism self-identification. So, these days the schools teach the second most practical language. It's English in many countries, but Spanish in the US and French in English Canada. What a mess!