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Vilius (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 10:57:36

tommjames:For what it's worth I agree with you absolutely completely and totally 100% without any reservation whatsoever. I cannot STAND this word, so by all means be as obnoxious as you like.. you'll get nothing but support from me. rideto.gif
The same for me.
Would "smili" be ok for "to smile"? Oh, I know it's too English.. Any other ideas?

tommjames (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 11:31:52

I'm rather partial to the Spanish word sonrisa, so maybe sonrisi. If you wanted to be playful maybe you could say gajbuŝumi lango.gif. All academic though obviously.

Vilius (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 11:47:18

"lubi" sounds quite esperantish to me (from russian "улыбка").

Vilius (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 11:53:39

tommjames:gajbuŝumi
No, thanks rido.gif

Momomomomo (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 16:15:44

Thanks for all the replies so far,
I do get the friendlyness of -um- more than I used to so I'm sure brakumi and me will learn to love each other.
I like the way lubi sounds similar to ludi, you could make a cheesy pre school club called ludoj kaj luboj rideto.gif

Oŝo-Jabe (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 16:36:53

Gajmieni?

tommjames (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 16:50:57

Oŝo-Jabe:Gajmieni?
I like it!

jchthys (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 17:19:39

I like smajli. Esperanto already has that method of borrowing from English with fajro, and it has the nice sound of ‘smiley’ rideto.gif

Of course, this is all unofficial and ludumema, but anyway…

Vilius (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 17:45:20

Momomomomo:I like the way lubi sounds similar to ludi
And also "lumi".

ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyakanga 2009 17:55:14

Vilius:
Momomomomo:I like the way lubi sounds similar to ludi
And also "lumi".
Lumaj luboj kaj ludoj lango.gif

And while we're at it, maybe 'gajvizaĝi' (more or less 'to (have a) happy face').

Because a happy face always has a smile.

Subira ku ntango