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3rdblade (프로필 보기) 2011년 7월 26일 오후 12:52:45
IvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived? all other country names seem to be (more or less) similar to their orginal forms and easy to recognise even if you don't speak Esperanto - however, "Usono" looks rather strange...The initial letters of United States of North-America, esperantised (U-So-No), according to 'Teach Yourself Esperanto', 'apparently' they add. (aren't they sure?)
henma (프로필 보기) 2011년 7월 26일 오후 3:04:55
IvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived? all other country names seem to be (more or less) similar to their orginal forms and easy to recognise even if you don't speak Esperanto - however, "Usono" looks rather strange...Once I read that somebody had proposed 'Usona' as a name for the country (United States Of North America). Somebody esperantized it as Usono.
By the way, it's curious, but the US doesn't have something as it's own name, does it?
'United States of America' can refer not only to that country, but to any other federal country in the continent (Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, for instance).
At least, in Esperanto it has its own name.
Amike,
Daniel.
darkweasel (프로필 보기) 2011년 7월 26일 오후 3:12:21
henma:see my link given aboveIvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived? all other country names seem to be (more or less) similar to their orginal forms and easy to recognise even if you don't speak Esperanto - however, "Usono" looks rather strange...Once I read that somebody had proposed 'Usona' as a name for the country (United States Of North America). Somebody esperantized it as Usono.
Miland (프로필 보기) 2011년 7월 26일 오후 4:59:54
IvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived?The full form is Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de (Nord-)Ameriko. "U-S-N" said in Esperanto would be said "U-So-No." Strictly perhaps it should U-Ŝo-No, but maybe it was coined in Prohibition days
- no, I'm kidding. 
acdibble (프로필 보기) 2011년 7월 26일 오후 10:18:29
ceigered (프로필 보기) 2011년 7월 27일 오전 6:22:59
acdibble:http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/UsonoJust think.. What we call the USA could have been Usona/Usonia!
That would be an interesting name!
I wonder if "Uson-" is similar enough to any existing roots in any European or American languages?