Esperantovirino

Star Trek:  The Original Series

Esperantofilmo Incubus, La Maro

Esperantofilmo Incubus, Restu kun Ni

Esperanto 3000

Redefining Wealth in the Blue Plague of Capitalism

As economies falter like dominos around the world, people will have to redefine what wealth means.  The Blue Plague of Capitalism has caught us by surprise.

Sinospheric Economy

What I didn't expect about the economy of the Sinosphere was that its bubble would burst so early in its cycle.  But as what happened in Japan, the bubble would burst eventually.  Some economists predict a following period of stagnation in the Sinosphere, as what happened in Japan.  Some economists predict the entire planet would engulf itself in stagnation, not just Asia.

Esperantofilmo Incubus

World Literacy

Support world literacy by supporting Esperanto!  Don't believe natural language nonsense!

Esperantoglobo

Why Strangers Walk Perpendicularly to My Path

1.  They think I am the centre.

2.  They feel humiliated.

3.  They hate the cross, the symbol of Xtianity.

4.  They want to express discontent and sadness.

5.  They want to masturbate.

Esperantomondo

Middle English, The Canterbury Tales

"1: Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
2: The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
3: And bathed every veyne in swich licour
4: Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
5: Whan zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
6: Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
7: Tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
8: Hath in the ram his halve cours yronne,
9: And smale foweles maken melodye,
10: That slepen al the nyght with open ye
11: (so priketh hem nature in hir corages);
12: Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
13: And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,
14: To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
15: And specially from every shires ende
16: Of engelond to caunterbury they wende,
17: The hooly blisful martir for to seke,
18: That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke."

This text is from The Canterbury Tales, which is in Middle English, the form of English during the massive absorptions of Latinate words from Normandy and elsewhere.

Old English, Beowulf

"Fand þa ðær inne æþelinga gedriht 

swefan æfter symble; sorge ne cuðon, 

wonsceaft wera. Wiht unhælo, 

grim ond grædig, gearo sona wæs, 

reoc ond reþe, ond on ræste genam 

þritig þegna; þanon eft gewat 

huðe hremig to ham faran, 

mid þære wælfylle wica neosan. 

Ða wæs on uhtan mid ærdæge

Grendles guðcræft gumum undyrne;

þa wæs æfter wiste wop up ahafen, 

micel morgensweg. Mære þeoden, 

æþeling ærgod, unbliðe sæt, 

þolode ðryðswyð þegnsorge dreah, 

syðþan hie þæs laðan last sceawedon, 

wergan gastes; wæs þæt gewin to strang, 

lað ond longsum!"

This text is from Beowulf, which is in Old English, the form of English before the massive injections of Latinate words from Normandy and elsewhere.  Old English looked like Icelandic, also a Germanic tongue.

Tagalog Like Spanish

The character or flavour of Tagalog is much like Spanish, but Tagalog sounds a lot more indigenous.

Gravlax

IPA: World

This world is only one of many, so you're not alone, felicitatingly.

ðɪs wɜrld ɪz ˈoʊnli wʌn ɑv ˈmɛni, soʊ jʊr nɑt əˈloʊn, fəˈlɪsɪˌteɪtɪŋli.

A Window for Vanity

This weblog is not really a public service, as the audience is merely incidental.  It's a window for vanity with the aim of promoting my own hobbies.  If there's an audience, then fine, but if none, then fine, too.  If you think the information is helpful or entertaining, then it's good for you.

Knowing IPA

Knowing IPA enhances my understanding of the true rhythm of the English language.  Without knowing, you might think everything in English is just chaos, as reflected by ordinary spelling.

Sample of English in the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)

I went to the pet store to buy a guinea pig, but I bought a blond hamster instead.

aɪ wɛnt tu ðə pɛt stɔr tu baɪ ə ˈgɪni pɪg, bʌt aɪ bɑt ə blɑnd ˈhæmstər ɪnˈstɛd.

Piers Anthony

Interlingua Fans and Esperanto Reality

Locally here on Lulu Island and with visiting Americans, Interlingua seems a popular vote, but I know globally, Esperanto supporters, who can actually speak the language they support, far outnumber the followers of Interlingua.  Interlingua is blue and number 8, but rarely 26, to them.  Esperanto is correctly green or incorrectly white and number 4, 16, or 28 to them.

Magic Numbers, ABC

I think many have schizophrenia-like behaviour.  They think I have some kind of magic about numbers, like the numbers of folders and files make sense to them in a superstitious way.  And letters in words are about people in my current life.  Wackos, they are.  Bah!

Morning

It's always morning, as time is infinite.

De-Asianization

Xtianity is rapidly spreading in the Sinosphere, as it displaces traditional religions.  I think Sinitic peoples largely no longer have a different view of reality.  They are engrossed in shopping malls and loving their automobiles and eating their fast food.  They don't wear traditional garments anymore.  They don't know the stock exchange is just a casino, a model borrowed from the West.

Heechee Rendezvous

Not Learning Irregularities

At this point in my life, I would rather not learn the irregularities of natural languages.  They're just insanities.  The future of Asian cultures look bleak.  I would rather concentrate on Esperanto.  It's a better fantasy.

My Esperantist Friend from Colombia

Esperanto Experience

My first encounter with Esperanto was in the 1980's at the main Richmond Public Library, where I found Teach Yourself Esperanto by John Cresswell and John Hartley.  It had intriguing illustrations.  The language looked fascinating, partly because it was "manmade."  I was still a teenager.  I started learning a little bit, but not really in depth.  Then in my university days at UBC, in the ancient grey castle Main Library, amongst the shelves were interesting old books in Esperanto.  Also, one day in one of the Buchanan buildings at UBC, I found Teach Yourself Esperanto Dictionary by J. C. Wells.  A Colombian from Bogotá named Gonzalo Bermúdez R. left it in one of the classrooms.  His "business card" was inside the dictionary.  It was not until 1997 when I seriously started studying Esperanto, and I had been going to Esperanto meetings, in fast-food restaurants and Asian restaurants in Vancouver, as well as the mountaintop SFU in Burnaby.  Today, I'm still a full-fledged Esperantist.

My Writing Is Not British

My writing is not British.  I learnt American English in grade school in the Philippines.  At age 10, in Canada, I started learning Canadian English.  I learnt several Latino languages, including French, since then, as well as Japanese, all these languages being influences in my thinking.  I have read many sci-fi and fantasy books by American and British authors.  If there is a vague description about my writing, then it's European style.

Mushi-Shi

Galaxy Express 999

Fate/Zero

Imperial Earth

Nepal

On French TV5, I've just partially viewed Femmes des montagnes (Women of the Mountains), a show about Nepal.  The people there are variedly mixed-race:  Mongoloid, Caucasoid, and Australoid.  Some people know a bit of English, even that far away.

English Unfriendly?

Some people actually like English because it sounds more unfriendly, compared to other languages.

Sci-fi Sri Lanka

Sir Arthur C. Clarke, a British sci-fi writer, lived in Sri Lanka until his death in 2008.  He was knighted in 1998.

My favourite Clarke book is actually Imperial Earth.

Childhood's End

The Star Beast

Tu, Vos

Interlingua is like French, Spanish, Portuguese, and the like because there are the familiar-formal, young-old, and singular-plural distinctions embedded in its "tu versus vos" pronoun dichotomy for the English counterparts of you.  Interlingua preserves the naturalness from Latino languages.

Vi, Ci

Esperanto has the egalitarian pronoun "vi" which is like the English "you" used for singular and plural, young and old.  But Esperanto also has the rare counterpart of the English "thou" which is "ci" used for special intimacy.

Esperanto Community

The Esperanto community on this world is, of course, international.  That reason is why I think it's good to learn Esperanto.  I know there are a lot of smart people with vision.  Learning Esperanto isn't the same as just learning some ordinary natural language.  My experience with Esperanto has made evident that there are smart Esperantists around this globe.

English More Egalitarian

Compared to languages like French, Japanese, and Tagalog, English seems more egalitarian.  When I speak English to older people, I don't need a title for their name.  English-speakers use the one word "you" for both young and old people.  There is less hierarchy in English.  Perhaps, that reason is why Europeans, in particular, promote English.

Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson, a Swede-Finn fantasy writer of the Moomintroll series, was a favourite of mine in my sixth and seventh grades in Errington Elementary on Lulu Island.  Originally, she wrote the books in Swedish in Finland, where many people know both Swedish and Finnish.

Thea Alexander

Thea Alexander is another talented woman sci-fi writer.  Her writing is spiritual.  She writes like a man.  2150 A.D. is about a utopia in the future.  I like her ideas in the book.

More of Lessing

Empowering Women

With slowing and plateauing population rates, empowering women is a strategy for compensation.  In the past, women were "wasted" essentially because they were not as educated as the men in their society.

Lessing's Shikasta

Woman Authors

Woman authors I like are Ursula K. Le Guin, Anne McCaffrey, and Doris Lessing, all of whom write sci-fi.  They write like men.

Triple Détente

Niven's Ringworld

Like Medicine

An Asian stranger has hinted that Esperanto words are like good medicine.

My English from Star Trek

I suppose I have learnt a lot of good English from all the Star Trek shows.  There are a lot of good samples there.

Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles

Les cròniques marcianes - català

My English

Foreigners think my English looks British.  It isn't really.  I've my own style.  I learnt American English in grade school in the Philippines, but later in Canada, I learnt Canadian English.  I've read many sci-fi and fantasy books, written by British authors, so those journeys affect my writing style.  Also, I've read many Esperanto, Spanish, and French books, as well as Japanese, so there are influences from those luxurious languages.

Nineists and Elevenists

Nineists promote the longevity of constructivism, whilst Elevenists revel in destructivism.

Zeroists and Tenists

The Zeroists cherish the wordless Void of Everything, whilst the Tenists have laws and rules to guide their life.

Oneists and Twoists

Oneists believe in the solitude and unity of their deity, whilst Twoists believe in Nature's dualities of light-dark, male-female, et cetera.

Sixists and Eightists

Sixists ponder about the paradox of learning and ignorance, and they believe the microcosm reflects the macrocosm, whilst Eightists rejoice in the art and architecture of their ornate places of worship.

Roza Limonado - Pink Lemonade

Threeists and Sevenists

Threeists are theocentric, believing in a god or gods, whilst Sevenists believe in Nature's many spirits.

Fourists and Fiveists

The Fourists think the universe is an illusion, a phantasm, whilst the Fiveists think the universe has real substantiality.