Teddy Bear, etc.

[Ronald Butters]

"Espiranto" is the English spelling; we have schwas. Like "German" for "Deutch," "French" for "francais, '"Russian" for "Rooskie/Rooskaya/Rooskoye," etc.

On Sep 13, 2010, at 4:37 PM, victor steinbok wrote:

> Esp*I*ranto? The couch-potato jock jargon?
>
> VS-)
>
> On 9/13/10, ronbutters at aol.com <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Well there is Espiranto. And Tagmemics. .
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