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