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> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:58:20 GMT, "Victor (nettoyeur)"
> <victor-the-cleaner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >Anybody have an opinion about this:
> >http://www.slovio.com/
> >??
> >
> >Seems interesting, but a little farfetched. Grandiose claims are made
that
> >those who learn Slovio will be able to effectively communicate with
> >speakers of any Balto-Slavic language. Latvian to Serb, Russian to
Pole,
> >one can speak to and be spoken to by all, and get along O.K..
>
> I think you need to know the basics of a slavic lang in order to
> "quickly and easily" learn Slovio. I found it easy to read and
> understand most of the Slovio in Latin letters once I figured out
> their Cyrillic equivalents, "sx" = the sh letter, etc.
>
> >Somewhat humorous are the testimonials. They all seem written by
someone
> >who doesn't speak English natively -- and all in the same style, but
claim
> >to be independent feedback from Americans, Canadians, Britons, etc.
Hmmmm.
>
> I find the testimonials unbelievable in that people say they can't
> learn Russian and yet picked up Slovio instead. Declensions in
> Russian are a bear, but even if you mess up the declension but get the
> words right, you can get your point across. I don't see where Slovio
> would be more effective other than giving you an excuse to simplify
> your slavic grammar.
I've been making a similar argument about Interlingua,
Occidental, etc. and Romance languages. I don't see the purpose
of learning an auxlang as an intermiediate step to another
language. I figure I'd be much better just learning one of the
languages, and I can still carry that knowledge into the others
just as effectively.
Yes, knowing a related language does help. I was able to use
the little Russian I know in Belgrade. Serb is certainly
different, but there are enough similarities to figure things
out.
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