tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post8065149091275883146..comments2023-08-13T11:58:31.588-04:00Comments on Ghulf Genes: Esperanto Studied HereADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-69665113740673154692012-10-04T11:00:00.377-04:002012-10-04T11:00:00.377-04:00Thank you, Bill. Though I must say you should have...Thank you, Bill. Though I must say you should have left something <em>in</em> Esperanto to give us additional incentives for study...ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-91400048265421739862012-10-04T08:03:46.098-04:002012-10-04T08:03:46.098-04:00I've waited for someone to argue the case for ...I've waited for someone to argue the case for Esperanto, but no one has, so ...<br /><br />Esperanto works! I've used it in speech and writing in about fifteen countries over recent years. I recommend it to any traveller, as a way of making friendly local contacts.<br /><br />Take a look at learn.esperanto.org.ukBill Chapmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-2890054968442537972012-09-28T07:34:58.571-04:002012-09-28T07:34:58.571-04:00That's interesting; you might be right that it...That's interesting; you might be right that it was more of an Esperanto joke than anything serious.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-42810268707860153442012-09-27T21:53:35.150-04:002012-09-27T21:53:35.150-04:00A Germanic Esperanto? Intriguing. If volapukajo is...A Germanic Esperanto? Intriguing. If volapukajo is used for "nonsense," it's in the humorous higher stories of Esperanto linquistics only, not the parts that reach the humble student in dictionaries. The following are the five words given for nonsense: babilajxo, fabelajxo, galimatio, sensencajxo, and sensenco. But one dictionary has the word volapuka. It stands for...Volapuk. <br /><br />Right on, I say. Constructed languages should observe a certain respectful decorum -- unless it's an an Esperanto-only-party, and after about the third round...ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-49217786229538784612012-09-27T20:40:43.195-04:002012-09-27T20:40:43.195-04:00Esperanto definitely is a lovely creation; I'v...Esperanto definitely is a lovely creation; I've always wanted to pick it up, but time has never allowed. I've also thought Volapuk interesting; Volapuk was the Esperanto before Esperanto, so to speak. But they are very different languages -- Esperanto is at heart an elegant Romance language, Volapuk has a Germannic soul. The motivations for it are also interesting: Zamenhof developed Esperanto to be a language of peace; Schleyer began to construct Volapuk because he had a spiritual vision.<br /><br />I don't know it for myself, but I'm told that 'volapukajo' became one of the Esperanto words for 'nonsense'.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.com