Esperantistoj - ekkonu la memeon.

In recent comments, I mentioned a hypothetical "funny story from my trip to Berlin" that I never got to tell because my conversation partner kept trying to ask about Eo. [See previous post for link] But what actually happened in Berlin was not at all funny, or fun. [Continued]

Esperantistoj: ĉu vi konas la jenan fenomenon? Vi volas diri ion pri via vivo kio nur tuŝetas Esperanton, kaj vi ne sukcesas rakonti ĝin ĉar la alia persono subite scivolas pri Esperanto? Ĉu vi sentas la saman ĝeniĝon kiel mi sentas?

@natsandcats.bsky.social - Funny you should "like" one of my posts. I was just thinking of you - telling a story about you, actually. I saw your name and thought: wait, is this THE David Gaines?

"Neniu" scios. "Nobody" will know.

It was 1999. We were visiting Berlin for the world Esperanto convention. My wife was in a German hospital with complications related to pregnancy. I took a side trip to a music store to look for this album by Freundedkreis while we were in Germany.

It sounds delightful

So many people on BlueSky are pointing out that Bovino means cow in Esperanto. Why is nobody also saying that "Greg'" means "herd" in Esperanto?

"Havas" and "plibonigas" have direct objects that require -n

No, it's true!

Jen tre verŝajne la plej fama frazo en Esperanto tradukita el la nederlanda.

For whatever it's worth, I actually have seen the Book of Numbers in Esperanto

I've been waiting a long time for an opportunity to mention Canary Island Whistled Speech. Someone claimed: > I taught my cats Esperanto to make sure no one could ever understand them, including me. I call BS.

Feliĉan "Die de Interlingua" (tago de Interlinguo)

To the author or anybody reading along. What language is this? Google translate does not do well with it, but from context I suppose it says: I want to study other auxiliary languages like Kah or Kotava, but who is learning them here? Good question

This is another interesting post to see again. Somebody recently replied to an older Reddit comment from me. Apparently I ruffled some feathers by claiming that Kotava had maybe one or two speakers of unknown fluency. It seems just a month before I was willing to grant five or 20 speakers.

I ended up searching blue sky today for Kotava. I had forgotten that I already brought it up once. Most of the recent hits were from my own discussion. But now I wonder what the many lessons were that I speak of; the things that Esperanto critics could learn from Kotava

Pro TIO, ke...

Pro tip, ke mia interreta konekto paneis, mi povas retumi nur per mia telefono. Se tio dauros, mi devos trovi novajn ŝatokupojn. Mi ludus muzikon sed la familio dormas

It feels funny to say this about this topic, but call me old-fashioned. I still prefer using a full size computer to surf the Internet. One downside of trying to do things on your phone is that there's no keyboard. I find myself using dictation, but then I'm limited to posting in English.

Thanks to high winds my home internet has been out for the last 14 hours or more. Looks like I can log into blue sky from a web browser on my phone. I'm sure someday I will regret knowing this.

Mi dankas vin, ke vi montras la ligilon al niaj filmetoj.

You're kidding, right? The guy who invented Esperanto thought Esperanto was "dumb, baby shit"? Not likely. Of the languages he was most familiar with, Spanish was not one of them. He was, however, familar with French: - I hope - j'espère

It doesn't have to be everyone. Just the person you want to talk to.

Wow, yes. I remember this one. I think it was a big deal because it was in 3D - COLOR 3D even. Am I thinking of the right film. It would be fun to find this and watch it - just for the nostalgia and to see what I actually do remember.

For YOU maybe. For me it was three Saturdays and two Sundays - and I work Saturdays.

I was just discussing with some folks how easy it is (or isn't) to mix up Spanish and Esperanto when picking from a list of languages. I wonder if this is related. > My spanish (Esperanto?)

It seems to me there is something in this chain of retweets (oops, I mean "quote tweets") worth reflecting on. Quote-posting to remind myself to do this.

If anybody witnesses the Duolingo Esperanto course being "incorrect", please post screenshots. 1 - I've found that people are too quick to say that something in Duolingo is incorrect. 2 - If it is incorrect, I'd love to be able to tell my students. 3 - I want to see Duolingo fail.

So many posts on BlueSky that mention Esperanto are jokes of the format: 1 - Say ordinary thing 2 - Add the word Esperanto or change one word to Esperanto 3 - ????? 4- Humor

Esperanto might not help what? While I hesitate to call Esperanto a "conlang", nearly all its vocabulary can be traced to other languages, so I find that it helps quite a bit. to @lwflouisa.bsky.social

There should be a checkbox in search that excludes results from people who have replies and quote-posts disabled. Why are those comments even public?

Oh that William Shatner. This is a GREAT line. Not at all true, but this is really creative humor.

If it's any consolation (dear @apcbapcb.bsky.social or anybody reading along), I will never act like you're speaking Esperanto ... erm ... unless you were actually speaking Esperanto.

"'Bonlingvismo' perdis la vojon" Diskutu

As someone who has used Esperanto daily for decades, I never cease to be amazed by comments like this. At the same time, it's clear that this is a very natural reaction to Esperanto. [check for replies.]

Why not just learn Esperanto and speak with the people who are already into it? @postgrunge.bsky.social

Clearly this is meant as a joke, but given the number of white people who speak Esperanto, couldn't you have come up with something a little more clever for the first bit. Maga Republican shocks café... Woman with natural hair color shocks... Person under 35 shocks... Talented singer shocks...

Montru viajn dudek vortojn por montri vian progreson.

Lammy - I wonder if you'd clarify what you mean by "good" here. It seems to me that if a person is constructing a personal language, they should follow their interest. If their interest includes scripts, they should follow that. If not, then there's no "good" in doing something that doesn't.

This was a reply to: Mandarin Chinese is a manufactured language To have a unified Chinese language And it worked (Esperanto not so much)

So we have Bovino, whose name means cow, Rubio/Rubujo whose name means garbage can (or "shithole country") - but what can we say about Mike Johnson other than it's a special kind of penis that you can talk into?

Kaj nun vi perfekte regas Esperanton.

As it turned out, wearing sweat pants was a mistake. It was nice to start out, but they're virtually impossible to remove on the road and so by the time I got to work I'd shed everything but a long-sleeve T-shirt on top and I was still too warm. Temps were much more mild for the ride home.

It's -1C outside and I have to bike to work again. I'm dreading the cold, but at the same time I'm re-assured that every morning so far that I've dreaded the cold I ended up too hot by the time I got to work. The source of my current dread is I don't know which feeling will be the right one today.

Fun facts don't have to be true to be fun But sometimes language is poetic

Kiu volas esperantumi kun mi en la Bovina Tombejo?

The problem of trying to speak to waterfowl while at an Esperanto event

"That guy" was described as "Esperanto guy". To be honest, Daniel Kennedy is not the only one who is afraid.

EDAD? That's my favorite ukulele tuning!