Word: esperanto
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Talking motion pictures which threaten to revolutionize so decidedly the stage and screen, will also be the instrument of making English the international language, according to the recent statement of a British film magnate. English as the practical successor to Esperanto may appear a visionary prospect until one considers the influence of the talkies in the far and near sections of the world. The younger set in the Fiji Islands, for example, are certain to become vitally interested in English upon beholding the magic of the silver screen and listening to the soft charm of the Hollywood talkies' silver tongue...
...published a book of verse, Mother Goose in Esperanto, which some people, including her mother, thought was a wonder...
...recommended communication by a universal language, for the sake of world peace and world efficiency. General Harbord showed that embarrassment and hesitancy between individuals of different nationalities would be reduced. General Carty said that 750,000 of the total world population 1,748,000,000 now knows and uses Esperanto...
...International Council will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in Phillips Brooks House. The subject will be "Shall the Council endorse the use of Esperanto as an International Language?" Favoring the adoption of Esperanto it is to be said that an international language would be of great value, removing the present waste of time, money and effort in learning many languages. One universal language could be made to serve in place of the many tongues now spoken...
...party disapproving the adoption of Esperanto will bring out that the world has been perfectly well off without this artificial language, for many centuries. Also, that Esperanto would split up into dialects and finally different languages just as Latin...