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 Message 80 
 Rick Ekstrom to All 
 How did you first meet? 
 18 Apr 12 19:18:04 
 
Esperanto marriage-broker

A significant number of people first met at esperanto events, and eventually
married. Sometimes they didn't share fluency in any other language at first,
and when they had children, the kids were true native speakers.

National languages were conceived and grew on the fly, without effective
oversight.  Esperanto is the one really successfully "planned marriage",
though now, a century,and a quarter in, we easily seen that it's long since
made the transition to a natural, healthy growing language and culture.  We
benefit from both sides of that heritage, the coherent planning, and the
natural growth.

--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1
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