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Comment author: Emile 02 March 2014 10:37:46PM 2 points [-]

Why did you learn Esperanto?

Because it's interesting and easy, and the idea of "let's all speak a common neutral language" is one I can get behind.

Has it been useful to you?

Not very useful, no, but I enjoy learning languages. It made me more confident towards learning other languages (specifically, it's simple grammar rules made me re-evaluate my rejection of memorizing German grammar), was an interesting social activity, and I got to travel with the Pasporta Servo program (free housing for other Esperantists), got to chat with weird people, etc. A bit like LessWrong :D