- Esperanto by vibr8
19 y
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Blog: Vibrational Health Village
Today while I was out enjoying the Farmer's Market and getting my morning errands done, I had a thought. My thought was about Esperanto. Have you heard of Esperanto? Many of the people I know locally have not, and they look puzzled when I try to explain it to them.
One of my dearest relatives, who died several years ago, had a PhD in Esperanto. Esperanto enthusiasts from all over the world came to see her, and she travelled to be with them, for most of her adult life, especially after she retired from her professorship.
When I was younger, she tried to teach me Esperanto, but I didn't have an interest in it. Now I think, if only I had. I could have learned from a master.
Esperanto, by the way, is an international language, and it's apparently easy to learn. One of the many websites about Esperanto contains the following information:
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Esperanto is neutral. It doesn't belong to any country. It gives speakers a fair and equal footing.
Esperanto has great expressive power, a vast literature, and a lively culture of its own.
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My relative wrote books, and her books are all available in several languages, including Esperanto. Another one of my relatives boxed up all of her Esperanto books (written by many different authors) and took them to his house before anyone else got a chance to look at them. Argh! Family angst! How I would love to see those books! I suppose I could ask.
I took a look at many of the Esperanto websites and am choosing to share one with you. It wasn't necessarily the most scholarly but it was the most fun!
http://esperanto.ca/kurso/home.htm
love and light,
v8
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- Hello by Deradune
19 y
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- Re: Hello by Deradune
19 y
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Sorry. Didn't mean to do a meaningless post here. It's just that I am blocked from posting on someone's blog. I have always said only positive things to that person and it kind of freaked me out when I was going to post something positive this morning on the blog s/he wrote and got a big message on my screen: ACCESS DENIED. Now I have figured out that that person has block me from posting on her/his blog.
At first I was paranoid that I was being banned by the entire site or something.
Thanks for your interesting post, V8. ;)
Michele
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- (Deradune) replying to your 2 hellos by vibr8
19 y
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Sorry to hear that is happening. One of the things I so have LOVED about CureZone is the feeling that there's freedom & open dialogue, and that the people who post and blog and forum here are quite mature and intelligent for the most part.
I hope that's still the case!
You're always welcome to post on my blogs! I love to hear what you have to say !
me
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- Re: (Deradune) replying to your 2 hellos by deradune
19 y
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Thanks!
Oh, I wish you had some of those Esperanto books. DO ask. Whowever took them may think no one else cared.
Is there a title you could recommend and do you think there is an active movement that might ever really make this happen? I think it's a wonderful idea, everyone learning one language that never belonged to any one culture.
Was this E that passed away? So sad. I remember being in her home a couple of times!
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- reply by vibr8
19 y
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just go to the Esperanto website I've got a link for in the message. you can find out about the books there. pretty sure it's my brother who has all of m's books (not e) and he won't even let any of us come in his house because he's taken stuff of mine from my parents' house (which i shouldn't have left there for so long!) and when i've been to his house in the past I wanted my stuff back. so now i'm not allowed to go to his house.
material things :: how they bog us down in this life.
hope all is going well with you, ms. deradune!
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- Re: reply by deradune
19 y
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Does he still have the got no Pepsi blues?
Thanks, M! ;)
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- Re: reply by vibr8
19 y
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I'm sure he does probably have the Got No Pepsi Blues even moreso now that he's joined Weight Watchers!
:)
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