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Esperanto in the Media

de Annt, 16 mai 2013

Messages : 19

Langue: English

Annt (Voir le profil) 16 mai 2013 21:32:41

Did anyone see The Colbert Report on 15 May

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-vi...

Stephen Colbert made fun of the UN and Esperanto again last night. That's generally a compliment. okulumo.gif
He tried to say 'my cold, dead hands' in Esperanto, but didn't do a very good job. Sounds like Google Translate. I'm not sure if I'm delighted or indignant.

Is this a case of 'any publicity is good publicity'?

efilzeo (Voir le profil) 16 mai 2013 21:57:54

"The UN is forcing everybody to learn Esperanto".

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Dakila_Sidhi (Voir le profil) 17 mai 2013 04:43:01

Lol. That was totally google translate. He even pronounced our "j" as in the j in jelly.
http://translate.google.com.ph/#en/eo/my%20cold%20...

I don't know about this show The Colbert Report. So I don't know how he made fun of Esperanto in the past.

Though for the situation that Esperanto is in right now, I think that video could be good publicity. It atleast mentioned the language, and so the curious could search on what kind of language it is.

sudanglo (Voir le profil) 17 mai 2013 08:44:54

If people are making fun of Esperanto, I'd say that that is a good thing. It is far better than being totally ignored. It is certainly an advance on 'Oh, Esperanto didn't that die out years ago?'

Incidentally, the extent to which the possibility of using Google Translate has penetrated the public consciousness is surprising. I've come across several totally unexpected instances of that.

InsaneInter (Voir le profil) 21 mai 2013 18:31:31

If ppl are making fun of it, that means they're jealous!

ethan_hines (Voir le profil) 12 juin 2013 19:36:14

lia prononco estas terura!!

I suppose any mention of Esperanto is good. But Please Stephen Learn the pronunciation!

marcuscf (Voir le profil) 16 juin 2013 03:50:47

He could have clicked on that speaker icon on the lower right... ridulo.gif

agarrido18 (Voir le profil) 16 juin 2013 07:33:42

I almost understood nothing. He sounded like a dying horse as he pronounced it. ridego.gif

On a lighter note, his mocking of Esperanto has some kind of a good effect, giving a hint of the existence of Esperanto to its considerably large number of audiences (or, those who are as well 'un-fanned' of UN). One of them maybe started showing interest, we don't know. ridulo.gif

guniko (Voir le profil) 25 juillet 2013 20:31:37

"Sola reviews the history of Esperanto,an international constructed language and asks language enthusiasts of New York City where this century old language fits in our modern world. This program won the Best Documentary award in Brooklyn College 2013 Annual MFA awards. "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozx2iPA5ZU0

JDnDorks (Voir le profil) 26 juillet 2013 17:31:05

It should be noted that the show pokes fun at those short-sighted, hyper-conservative opinion shows, and as such, anything that it actively mocks is, by the inverse logic of the show, actually kind of advocated.

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