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Esperanto in the News: Huffington Post

de Alkanadi, 24 de març de 2016

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Llengua: English

Alkanadi (Mostra el perfil) 24 de març de 2016 6.49.08

"When Ludwik Zamenhof created Esperanto in the 19th century, the idea was to have a language that would help foster the conditions for world peace."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-weir/the...

Vestitor (Mostra el perfil) 24 de març de 2016 11.08.07

It's an article listing management speak, but okay.

Alkanadi (Mostra el perfil) 24 de març de 2016 15.28.38

Vestitor:It's article listing management speak, but okay.
It seems like a plug for Esperanto, which doesn't have much to do with the subject matter. It is still cool to get the exposure though.

Vestitor (Mostra el perfil) 24 de març de 2016 18.55.16

Out of interest I think the term 'bite the bullet' (in the article) comes from duelling with pistols where the seconds would bite the shot to test if it was real.

FoxtrotUniform (Mostra el perfil) 24 de març de 2016 20.41.25

Vestitor:Out of interest I think the term 'bite the bullet' (in the article) comes from duelling with pistols where the seconds would bite the shot to test if it was real.[/quot]

I'm thinking "bite the bullet" comes from the practice of biting down on something hard to deal with the pain of pre-antasetic surgeries as a way to deal with the pain

It may be thaat all of the above are folk etymologies.

mkj1887 (Mostra el perfil) 17 de maig de 2016 15.17.29

I have added Esperanto translations of the ‘management speak’ items.

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