Re: Promote Esperanto at Obama's Change.org

On Dec 5, 9:10 am, "Jens S. Larsen" <jens_s_lar...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

In my country, there's a lot of talking about English as a language
everybody should learn, and even more talking that imply that English
is a language everybody have learnt already. Usually the reactions are
very feeble.

And once again I ask my old question: is there
a rock band singing in Esperanto, and I mean
a band who had a hit that was or is played on
the radio? A language that can't be sung has
no chance to take over. English can be sung
very well. Esperanto, from the looks I had at it,
can't be sung - my opinion, which has not yet
been disproved. When I asked my question
before I was either ignored, or given the name
of a very obscure band nobody ever heard of.

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