Here’s what I’m reading now. George Orwell’s 1984. Re-reading it after many years, but mostly because I read The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell’s 1984 this summer. Delio Pereira de Souza’s Homanarismo: La Interna Ideo. (Esperanto Wikipedia page about the book.) A “modest commentary” of the religious philosophy of L. L. Zamenhof,… Continue reading Reading list
Category: Esperanto
Ordo de Diservo fixed
Thanks to Richard Hurst for noting that encoding rot made the “Ordo de Diservo” — Order of Worship — unreadable, even for those who do read Esperanto. Should be all fixed, here and at RevScottWells.com, where I write slighly more frequently.
An unlikely word about convention economy
The World Congress of Esperanto (Universala Kongreso, or UK) started its meeting this evening in Lille, France. I’m not there; perhaps next year in Slovakia. But to mark the occasion, I looked up the official World Esperanto Association (Universala Esperanto-Asocio, or UEA) and found this page, incongruously written in English, and thus the title of… Continue reading An unlikely word about convention economy
Harder to return to blogging
I’ve only written one blog post since before General Assembly, and is was of a “what do you think” format. It’s been for a number of reasons: There’s been lots of work at work, and sometimes writing this blog seems like added work. This is my family’s season for birthday and anniversary celebrations, plus a… Continue reading Harder to return to blogging
I wish Unitarian Universalism was a game!
One set of people suggests liberal religion, and Unitarian Universalism particularly, is easy, insincere and a mental or spiritual plaything because of its inherent looseness and high regard for personal autonomy. Another set of people — that’s us — seems to take that that as a challenge, rather than opportunity to correct our behavior or… Continue reading I wish Unitarian Universalism was a game!
The Lord’s Prayer in Esperanto
I’m at that point in my Esperanto education that I had better move the next level or accept being left as an eterna komencanto: an “eternal beginner.” That’s not bad (article in English) per se, but I would like to attend conferences — organized, if off-beat, travel (esperante) is one of Esperanto culture’s big pay… Continue reading The Lord’s Prayer in Esperanto
Changing the character set, or trying to
So, my blog is old enough that the character set is all goofy. Translation, when I try to write something in Esperanto with circumflexes, I get question marks or oddments in their place. Example: ĉiutaga preĝejo. This will not do. This blog needs to display in UTF-8, but doesn’t. And converting the database is not… Continue reading Changing the character set, or trying to
Esperantists visiting for the Inauguration, 1913
A fun clip (in English) from a 100-year old issue of Amerika Esperanisto, published here in Washington. The office building has been long replaced, but people still work on that corner, and buses (52,52; 42) still ply the old streetcar routes.
Passover with the Esperantists
If this is your situation, you’ll need the Hagado de Pesa?o “Verda Stelo”. If that is, indeed, your situation.
Traduku!
I would be remiss as a budding Esperantist if I didn’t mention Google’s addition of Esperanto to its translation options. Bonege!