World Handshake Day 2024 is on Friday, June 21, 2024: why does not the world make up one langauge to communicate with each other?

Friday, June 21, 2024 is World Handshake Day 2024. logo.png WORLD-HANDSHAKE DAY

The idea of having one language for world communication, especially if it is arbitrarily chosen or worse, forced (and English would be just one of many bad choices) would be next to useless. There isn't a national language out there that would permit most people to learn it like a native. The deadlock over which language would get ugly indeed.

However, an AUXILIARY language, intended to bridge the gap between cultures by providing an easily learnt method of communication would be the answer. It would open the EU and indeed, the world up to far more in the way of understanding.

Contrary to what has been said, Esperanto is making headway in becoming an AUXILIARY language, yet people reject it out of hand because they all fear the loss of their tongue and a single language spoken by all, which of course is exactly what Esperanto is trying NOT to do.

As a common SECOND language you and you and you have no need to sink years into study of a language that you will most likely NEVER fully assimilate like a native. The choice would be yours. With Esperanto you can be comfortable talking to your neighbour in your native tongue and just as comfortable talking to Ming Lu across the waves on an equal footing in this easily learnt language. It's like a neutral handshake, because each participant invested an equal amount of effort to learn this easy language. (16 gramatical rules... NO exceptions!)

Believe it or not, Esperanto represents the best chance for the survival of the multitude of dying languages since it's purpose is to forestall the monopoly of any one National tongue to the disadvantage of another.

So will it some day become universal (which by the way doesn't mean that EVERYBODY in the world speaks it, just those that want it / need it)?

Well, the $600 million+ USD spent yearly on translation services at the UN (six official languages) and a similar amount in the EU says, sooner or later something is going to change, and this is the cheapest and most effective, proven alternative.

Further, if you don't think Esperanto is making headway, check this.

In a recent reprint of the Unua Libro (first book), editor Gene Keyes said that when he first started the project in 2000, he did a search for Esperanto on Google and it yielded over 1 million hits. At the completion of his task in February of 2007, the same search yielded over 34 million hits. Out of curiosity, after I had read that I did the same search and it yielded over 39.2 million hits. That's up over 5 million in two months. So it's growing. Slowly (or maybe not so slowly!)

Obviously not everyone will find a use for it, and that's fine. However for those that take the time and bother to search out the other users, it's worth it. Of course searching out other uses gets easier with each passing day.

Personally I have friends all over the world. Friends I wouldn't have had with out Esperanto.

Some have the opinion that the language is Impractical and awkward.

The two million plus (as of 1995) people that use it says it's not Impractical. Two million was considered the functionally fluent level (IE: able to get by in the necessary elements when travelling) in 1995. Since 1995 the Internet has grown by leaps and bounds, and Esperanto right along with it.

As for awkward, well I don't agree, but then anything that you start might be considered awkward until you get the practice in that you need.

Wikipedia hosts more than 250 different languages. Esperanto ranks 20th in the most numerous articles category.

More than these languages to name a few.

21 Czech

22 Hungarian

23 Slovak

NOBODY has to give up their mother tongue, nor should they.

Esperanto as an auxiliary language however would be wonderful.

I encourage everybody to research and draw their own conclusions.

Ĝis!

What is the most handshake in a day world record ?

Bill Richardson according to guiness in 2002

World of Warcraft login says "handshake" when I log in. Why can't I login?

The "handshake" is just part of the logon process, and is basically when your computer is talking to theirs.

As many people have said, Tuesday is Blizzard's patch day. It's the day when the developers apply new patches and perform routine weekly maintenance. For a few hours every Tuesday, all the servers will be down.

Being stuck on "handshake" just means your computer isn't talking to theirs. It's completely normal, and nothing to be alarmed about. Check out WoW's website at www.worldofwarcraft.com for the current realm status. When yours comes back online, you should be able to log in normally.

Good luck!