How Many Readers Speak Esperanto?

lifebouy asks: "I just read a story about a high school that teaches Esperanto. I've noticed the majority of Esperantists I have met are IT professionals, perhaps because it nurtures our need to explore new things. So I was wondering, how many Slashdot readers speak Esperanto? Has anyone else noticed the high rate of IT Esperantists?"

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Here's some Esperanto ranto

[orthogonal]

So I was wondering, how many Slashdot readers speak Esperanto?

Look it's one thing to assume that /.ers

• don't have girlfriends,
• live in Mom's basement,
• playing Evercrack all day,
• while filling their already sagging bellies with Fritos and Mountain Dew
• and forgetting to wash.

That's ok, and it's probably true.

But implying they are so nerdy as to speak Esperanto?

That, sir, goes too far!

For that, we will duel with plastic "light sabers" at dawn! (Nerd dawn that is, 1 PM local time.)

a joke i once heard...

[Doviende]

I heard this in germany:

If a person who speaks 3 languages is "trilingual" and a person who speaks 2 languages is "bilingual", then what do you call a person who speaks 1 language?
Answer: American

I think this illustrates the image that many people around the world have. Just about everyone in Europe seems to speak multiple languages. Perhaps Esperanto would be a good way for americans to get with the program globally ;)