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sudanglo (Tunjukkan profil) 3 Oktober 2012 20.59.12
Is this purely because modern clothing doesn't provide a convenient place to attach the insigno.
If the custom were to be revived what form of attachment would most suit 21st century attire.
Does anybody know of a link to a picture of the form used before the five-pointed green star became the standard. Does anybody have one of the early forms?
Vespero_ (Tunjukkan profil) 3 Oktober 2012 21.57.02
jdh694 (Tunjukkan profil) 3 Oktober 2012 23.30.07
Hyperboreus (Tunjukkan profil) 4 Oktober 2012 06.49.18
Cisksje (Tunjukkan profil) 4 Oktober 2012 07.49.40
Of, perhaps, related interest, the Irish fáinne that had also fallen out of use for decades is once again being promoted especially in Northern Ireland. Politics etc. aside, it might be of interest to the Esperanto movement to see what they are up to and how.
http://www.fainne.ie/
sudanglo (Tunjukkan profil) 4 Oktober 2012 08.49.35
The following appears in Joseph Rhodes kaj la fruaj tagoj de Esperanto en Anglujo:
En la unua numero de la "Esperantist" eldonita Novembro 1903, aperas reklamo pri "Esperantaj Insignoj. kiel portataj sur la Kontinento kaj en la Malproksima Oriento por la rekono de vojaĝantoj, k.t.p., el verda emajlo kun orumita komenclitero kaj bordo."
Cisksje (Tunjukkan profil) 4 Oktober 2012 12.19.27
It happens that right now I am emptying my late father's house and sorting out my own recent house move. If I come across it, I'll certainly let you know.
Bemused (Tunjukkan profil) 5 Oktober 2012 04.19.31
sudanglo:Wearing some sort of pin or broach or button, to show that you speak Esperanto seems to have fallen out of favour.Brilliant idea.
Is this purely because modern clothing doesn't provide a convenient place to attach the insigno.
If the custom were to be revived what form of attachment would most suit 21st century attire.
Does anybody know of a link to a picture of the form used before the five-pointed green star became the standard. Does anybody have one of the early forms?
Perhaps a seven pointed star would be more appropriate for a world language (one point for each of the seven continents).
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.
Changing the background colour depending on proficiency would also help. For example, bronze for beginner, silver for intermediate, and gold for advanced speaker.
Might even encourage some of the eternaj komencantoj (self included) to upgrade their ability.
As to who decides which level of ability someone could claim, let the person themselves decide, the last thing this language needs is the kind of language snobs that abound in the English speaking world.
darkweasel (Tunjukkan profil) 5 Oktober 2012 05.37.44
Bemused:
Perhaps a seven pointed star would be more appropriate for a world language (one point for each of the seven continents).
I thought this was also supposed to symbolize the - uh - five continents.
tommjames (Tunjukkan profil) 5 Oktober 2012 07.36.41
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.