From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 358 invoked by alias); 29 Sep 2004 18:08:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 32570 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2004 18:08:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ob2.cmich.edu) (141.209.20.21) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 29 Sep 2004 18:08:13 -0000 Received: from egate1.central.cmich.local ([141.209.15.85]) by ob2.cmich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8TI1P4B009498; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:01:36 -0400 Received: from leon.phy.cmich.edu ([141.209.165.20]) by egate1.central.cmich.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:08:03 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by leon.phy.cmich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE41F7001E; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:08:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:16:00 -0000 From: Eric McDonald To: Jim Kingdon Cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: New Proposed Xconq Web Site Online In-Reply-To: <200409291451.i8TEpqM27588@panix5.panix.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Sep 2004 18:08:03.0344 (UTC) FILETIME=[4335C100:01C4A64F] X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-Spam-Score: -0.9 () X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01283.txt.bz2 On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jim Kingdon wrote: > > Also, I notice that even with all the language options available > > there's not one for Esperanto. An Esperanto interface might just be > > the draw we need to attract the hordes of Esperanto Diplomacy players: > > Eble la plej granda demandon oni jam demandis en la Diplomatio pagho: > chu la pacemaj Esperantistoj desiras ludi ludon pri milito? > Aliflanke, esperantistoj shatas ludojn kaj en esperanto-kongreso oni > ofte ludas esperante. Hmmm... Esperanto appears to be a declined and conjugated language, like Latin. The "j" endings are interesting; perhaps borrowed from a Slavic language? The root "lud" is probably "game" as it is in Latin, though it appears to be used as a verb as well, perhaps "play" and forms thereof? "Milit" is probably a root dealing with soldier or military; similar to Latin. "la" is probably "the". "kongreso" is a coming together, a congress, a gathering, most likely. "Diplomatio" -> "Diplomacy". "granda" -> "great"? "desiras" -> "desire" or "desires", _I'm still deciphering the declension system. "Esperant" and its various forms pertain to the language itself, obviously. "demand" -> "demand". "en" is either "in" or "on". "en la Diplomatio pagho" -> "on the Diplomacy [Web] page"?? I guess I am going to have to drop in on some Esperanto conversations; solving linguistic puzzles is fun. Now we will have to see if any Klingon speakers want representation as well. Eric