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Linda
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Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:32 am
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Bubbles
Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:01 pm
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I actually understood some of that. GO ME!
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Linda
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Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:18 am
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Here's a more involved story in Esperanto:VIDEO
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Dr. Chris Evil
Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:23 am
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Pass. I can barely speak English.
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Linda
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Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:27 am
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Esperanto, lacking a natural place of origin, is the only language with its own flag and anthem:VIDEO
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Stephen Strange
Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:53 am
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♫ Esperanto Why don't you come to your senses? Usin' different vowels for tenses For so long now... ♪
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The Professor
Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:39 pm
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Ah. Esperanto. Its what everyone spoke on Riverworld.
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Uncle Twitchy
Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:27 pm
Joined: 28 Nov 2006
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Stephen Strange wrote:
♫ Esperanto Why don't you come to your senses? Usin' different vowels for tenses For so long now... ♪
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Paste Pot Pete
Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:19 am
Joined: 20 Mar 2011
Posts: 22
I am very embarrassed to admit that I rented "Incubus" a couple of months ago from Netflix. It was absolutely horrible! But, I did learn some Esperanto like "Me Menias! Me Menias!" (My Hands! My Hands!) PPP
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Hank
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Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:52 am
Good Stuff, Maynard!
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Elvis Costello's album Blood & Chocolate is notable for two things: 1) he credited himself in the liner notes as "Napoleon Dynamite;" and 2) said liner notes were in Esperanto.
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That meddlin kid
Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:55 pm
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I’ve seen it written down before, but never heard it until now. Sounds like the mutant offspring of an illicit mating between Spanish and Italian! I’ve got to show this video to my mom. To think she’s been teaching Spanish all these years and never thought of using sock puppets!
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Linda
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Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:31 am
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Linda
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Post subject: Esperanto
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:19 pm
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A vintage
TV Guide page from the parallel Earth where Esperanto was successful:
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