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Felican, jubileon Esperanto!
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True, admits R. Kent Jones, his beloved lingo hasn't exactly hit
the world with a granda eksplodo.
But, counters Jones to every nattering naysayer, Esperanto has
only been around 100 years - "a mere blink in history." A million
people do practice the language, which ain't half-bad.
"Felican jubileon, Esperanto!" (Happy anniversary, Esperanto)
is, if not the cry, at least the whisper, heard 'round the world this
year as the artificial language celebrates a century of disappo...
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