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  • League of Nations first meeting (10-1-1920)

    From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 15 08:53:54 2024
    This was a very preliminary meeting, held in London. The first General
    Assembly was later that year, in Geneva, with 41 nations represented.

    Point of linguistic interest:

    French and English were designated "official" [working] languages.
    Spanish was added later the same year.

    There was a formal motion to include Esperanto, but that was vetoed by
    the French. (The league did recommend, in 1922, that Esperanto be
    included in the educational curriculum of member countries.)

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  • From Antonio Marques@21:1/5 to Ross Clark on Mon Jan 15 15:49:55 2024
    Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
    This was a very preliminary meeting, held in London. The first General Assembly was later that year, in Geneva, with 41 nations represented.

    Point of linguistic interest:

    French and English were designated "official" [working] languages.
    Spanish was added later the same year.

    There was a formal motion to include Esperanto, but that was vetoed by
    the French. (The league did recommend, in 1922, that Esperanto be
    included in the educational curriculum of member countries.)

    And I’ve always associated e-o with a certain kind of leftism dear to
    France. I figure that in 1920 they hadn’t yet realised the shift to english in international communication.

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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to Ross Clark on Mon Jan 15 18:29:59 2024
    On 2024-01-14, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

    This was a very preliminary meeting, held in London. The first General Assembly was later that year, in Geneva, with 41 nations represented.

    French and English were designated "official" [working] languages.

    Makes sense. French was still the international (well, Western)
    lingua franca, but English was rising rapidly, what with the British
    Empire and the ascent of the USA.

    Spanish was added later the same year.

    Now that's more surprising.

    There was a formal motion to include Esperanto, but that was vetoed by
    the French. (The league did recommend, in 1922, that Esperanto be
    included in the educational curriculum of member countries.)

    Esperanto was never attached to any population/culture/etc. that
    would have allowed it to achieve critical mass.

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Christian Weisgerber on Mon Jul 29 12:02:32 2024
    XPost: alt.usage.english

    On 1/15/2024 10:29 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2024-01-14, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

    This was a very preliminary meeting, held in London. The first General
    Assembly was later that year, in Geneva, with 41 nations represented.

    French and English were designated "official" [working] languages.



    Makes sense. French was still the international (well, Western)
    lingua franca, but English was rising rapidly, what with the British
    Empire and the ascent of the USA.

    Spanish was added later the same year.

    Now that's more surprising.

    There was a formal motion to include Esperanto, but that was vetoed by
    the French. (The league did recommend, in 1922, that Esperanto be
    included in the educational curriculum of member countries.)



    Esperanto was never attached to any population/culture/etc. that
    would have allowed it to achieve critical mass.




    is Ross Clark on vacation?

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