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Esperanto insignia

de sudanglo, 2012-oktobro-03

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Miland (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-05 07:47:26

I've often carried a green plastic Esperanto ballpen.

erinja (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-05 10:51:24

tommjames:
darkweasel:
There are seven continents, or six, depending on how you count. The reason there are five olympic rings is the Americas are combined in one ring and Antarctica doesn't compete, having no indigenous population.
Some countries teach that there are five. They don't consider Antarctica to be a continent at all.

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How much comment have you gotten on your pen, Miland? I've been using a slovake.eu pen lately, just as a fluke, not because I'm trying to promote it. No one has ever asked me about it.

tommjames (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-05 10:59:33

erinja:Some countries teach that there are five. They don't consider Antarctica to be a continent at all.
Ah yeah you're right, although according to Wikipedia the 5 continent model derives from combining Europe and Asia (Eurasia) rather than discounting Antarctica. There's even a 4 continent model where Africa merges into Eurasia (Afro-Eurasia). Perhaps then the idea of linking points on a star to continents is not such a good one!

sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-05 11:09:50

A pin could be attached to any item of clothing, and would definitely raise awareness of the language because it is rare for folk to wear pins these days.
Well I for one would be most reluctant to pierce the leather of my innumerable leather jackets. And it could be uncomfortable sticking a pin into a T shirt. I wear these a lot in the summer.

Pens and mobile phone covers are interesting suggestions but they wouldn't necessarily allow you to be spotted in the street, though I admit that some members of the younger generation seem to have their phones surgically attached to their ears.

The sort of heavy cloth clothing we used to wear when our houses and cars were poorly heated does seem lend itself more readily to the attachment of insignia.

I'm scratching my head to think what the solution is for the 21st century. It is of course easy enough to put an Esperanto Parolata sticker on the rear window of your car. EAB sells them in the UK, and I've done this. But since I live in the centre of town, my car tends to get parked and left unattended in the same place for weeks on end.

RiotNrrd (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-05 17:26:57

sudanglo:I'm scratching my head to think what the solution is for the 21st century.
Tattoo's?

Leke (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-06 11:36:17

Why not reach out with a virtual identity? There are location based social network apps that would let you tag something like Esperanto to your identity. You could then actually see who is an Esperantoist in your town and where they are exactly at any time of the day or night (creepy huh?).

The question is, would you broadcast it to the world?

Karedio (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-06 12:58:49

A magnetic backing on a pin or button might be a good solution. A friend of mine has a pin with a loop on the bottom. It's actually to hold her reading glasses when she's not needing them. It seems that the magnet is quite strong. According to her it has never failed. I'm sure someone must be using this concept for pins, broaches etc.

Miland (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-06 14:47:24

erinja:How much comment have you gotten on your pen, Miland? ..
None, but I often lose them, so they may serve as propaganda. They're plastic cheapies, so it doesn't bother me too much; I have several more in my drawer. I've just put another in my jacket. We'll see how long that one lasts, before I forget to pick it up from somewhere, or lose it in the London Underground after trying the Sudoku in the newspaper. ridulo.gif

Leke (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-06 15:58:13

Stickers are good. I found an Esperanto speaker at my old workplace like that. She had it on her monitor.

Astono465 (Montri la profilon) 2012-oktobro-06 16:05:23

I have a star tattoo on my right hand between my thumb and forefinger. Initially, I wanted it to be green to represent Esperanto, but my wife insisted that I put a nautical star instead as most people wouldn't understand what Esperanto is. So we compromised and the colours are green and black. I don't speak Esperanto well and am pretty isolated from other Esperanto speakers, however, in the future if my Esperanto improves and I'm more comfortable with it, I could change the colouring of it if I decide to. I'd probably wear a pin though, if I had one.

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