Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Seen in Toronto: a pizza shop named after the Esperanto word for "pizza" [probably unintentionally though :( ]
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greyseymour.eth
@greyseymour
yeah dawg you might be a little “lost in the [pizza] sauce” on this one :( — that said, had no idea you were/are a fellow auxlang nerd; what are your thoughts on Ido? also, hot take: markdown has the power to become the auxlang of formatting, & will fundamentally change our approach to emphasis in written form.
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
I think my ideal auxlang would be somewhere between lojban and toki pona; what I like about both of those is that the grammar is more principled and the vocab is more self-contained so it's more friendly to non-European speakers. Toki pona has too few root words, lojban has too many words (esp cmavo)
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Re markdown I agree a lot, esp with what I perceive as an underlying principle that what programming languages call "syntax highlighting" is an important feature of good writing, and languages and writing formats really should do more of it. I want to see the day where bulletpoint lists can appear in nytimes articles.
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greyseymour.eth
@greyseymour
konsentis! for me, a strong foundation w Romance languages, starting w/the Cambridge Latin program in elementary school, Spanish til high school, intensive French while living in Canada (& a parent w a UofT French Lit masters lol) = very very good with cognates, but still feeble re overall fluency. cont.
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