How Do You Say "Bogeyman" In Esperanto?
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ururimi: English
jefusan (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 11 Ntwarante 2011 15:30:28
htrae22 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 11 Ntwarante 2011 22:12:35
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ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 13 Ntwarante 2011 10:23:51
htrae22:timigiado viro is my guess it means frightening man or nazo viro (means nose manProbably better nazviro, naza viro, vir' de naz' (although naza viro gives me the impression of a man with a nasally voice).
erinja (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 13 Ntwarante 2011 19:36:49
Neither does "bag man".
I think that an Esperanto name for a scary creature should be something more internationally obvious, for those of us without the cultural background to make a term like "nose man" make sense.
T0dd (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Ntwarante 2011 00:49:10
jefusan (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Ntwarante 2011 02:10:43
Miland (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Ntwarante 2011 12:11:22
jefusan:Koŝmarulo?Good one!
T0dd (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Ntwarante 2011 12:14:33
And we can all rest a little easier tonight, knowing that, should the need arise, we have the linguistic resources to terrify our children into submission.
jefusan (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Ntwarante 2011 17:47:18
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fantomoj
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Komencu la koŝmaroj!
darkweasel (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Ntwarante 2011 18:01:32
jefusan:
Komenciĝu la koŝmaroj!