Esperanto in "OK Computer" booklet
Dmitri Horowitz
Dear fellow Radiohead fans,
I recently noticed some Esperanto words in the CD booklet of "OK Computer":
(I have had this CD already for months, but I prefer listening to the
music instead of reading the booklet, you know)
below the lyrics of "**the tourist.":
* dang^era najbar-ajo (correctly spelled: najbaraj^o) = dangerous neighbourhood
* malamikigi = to make [people] into enemies
on the second last page, below "surface":
* injektilo = syringe
* simbolo = symbol (of course)
and again:
* dang^era najbar-ajo
I also found an Esperanto word on a radiohead web page:
(http://www.radiohead.com/exit.html)
* malvenkemo = inclination to loose
(nice site design, but a bit slow through my modem connection)
I happen to be an Esperanto speaker, so this makes me very curious: does
somebody have an explanation for this? Does one of the Radiohead members
have any relationship with Esperanto? or maybe the booklet/website
designer?
Who can tell me more?
Dmitri Horowitz
Sportin' Fool
Not to poke fun at Esperanto, but is the first use you've found for it?
(Other than renting William Shatner films)?
Dmitri Horowitz wrote in message ...
Alan Charlesworth
In article <d.horowitz-20...@io97.pstngw.tudelft.nl>, Dmitri
Horowitz <d.hor...@io.tudelft.nl> writes
>I happen to be an Esperanto speaker, so this makes me very curious: does
>somebody have an explanation for this?
Your'e not a fan of 'Raw Sex' are you?
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Alan Charlesworth
Neil Kearns
In article <fG4GUFAG$HT0...@ipsgroup.demon.co.uk>, Alan Charlesworth
<al...@ipsgroup.demon.co.uk> writes
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Dmitri Horowitz
(I wrote:)
> >I happen to be an Esperanto speaker, so this makes me very curious: does
> >somebody have an explanation for this?
>
> Your'e not a fan of 'Raw Sex' are you?
'Raw Sex' (with quotes) doesn't ring a bell with me. Can you please
explain? (Sorry, I am not a native English speaker, and probably
underdeveloped as well.)
Dmitri.
Alan Charlesworth
In article <d.horowitz-21...@io97.pstngw.tudelft.nl>, Dmitri
Horowitz <d.hor...@io.tudelft.nl> writes
Spoof band appearing in British 'comedy' series 'French & Saunders'.
Only high point was spoof esperanto number.
yes, I don't know what esperanto is for either!
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Alan Charlesworth
Dmitri Horowitz
> Not to poke fun at Esperanto, but is the first use you've found for it?
> (Other than renting William Shatner films)?
Not to poke fun at Radiohead, but is putting Esperanto phrases on its
album booklets and web sites the first use they've found for it? ;-)
(If you wish a serious answer, take a look at http://www.esperanto.org, or
mail me personally)
Dmitri
J-P
Dmitri Horowitz wrote:
>
> > Not to poke fun at Esperanto, but is the first use you've found for it?
> > (Other than renting William Shatner films)?
>
> Not to poke fun at Radiohead, but is putting Esperanto phrases on its
> album booklets and web sites the first use they've found for it? ;-)
Almost certainly. When was the last time anyone used it to buy a pint of
milk, or ask for directions to the toilet?
A self-appointed international language is almost as ridiculous as a
self-appointed (and most blonde) ambassador to the UK. When working class
people are speaking this "international language" in sufficient numbers o
make it more popular than e.g. Flemish and not merely more popular than
Andorran or Basque, maybe then we can call it an international language.
Until then I think everyone's justified in calling it by whatever name
springs to mind... :)
(Bonvulo alsendi la pordiston: lausajne estis rano en mia bideo... and no
that isn't in ROT-13.)
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J-P
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Neil Kearns
In article <d.horowitz-23...@io97.pstngw.tudelft.nl>, Dmitri
Horowitz <d.hor...@io.tudelft.nl> writes
>> Not to poke fun at Esperanto, but is the first use you've found for it?
>> (Other than renting William Shatner films)?
>
>Not to poke fun at Radiohead, but is putting Esperanto phrases on its
>album booklets and web sites the first use they've found for it? ;-)
Obviously none of you are Red Dwarf fans ;). They had esperanto painted
around thie ship. Obviously, 3 million years in the future, we can all
speak it ;)