Tag Archives: Esperanto

Your mother has a smooth forehead.

Posted on Friday, 6 May 2011 by

Conlanging. It sounds vaguely naughty. Do you and your wife conlang? Honk if you conlang! It’s really not as salacious as it may sound (to me, at least). To conlang means to create a language. The word is an amalgamation of … Continue reading →

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Universala lingvo? A universal language?

Posted on Wednesday, 4 May 2011 by

When we last left our intrepid linguist, she had presented you all with a puzzle: Merkredon, vi legos pri konstru lingvoj. The language is Esperanto, and it means “On Wednesday, you will read about constructed languages.” Congratulations to M.Howalt who correctly identified the language and … Continue reading →

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