[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Esperanto"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Here's pushing it back further:  The article that Peter found appeared identically in the Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 17, 1887, page 12 (Newspapers.com).

Fred Shapiro



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I've searched, and reviewed  references  that pre-date 1891 but they
mostly  refer to  "Dr Esperanto's International Language"   rather
than using Esperanto for the name of the  language itself.


Actually, here's one from 14th July 1888   that appears to use it as the name.

"This is the grammar of Esperanto almost complete and we may proceed to
translate a sample sentence of Esperanto. "

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Subject Re: Antedating of "Esperanto"

I'm surprised the first traced reference is as late as 1891, since the first English-language Esperanto textbook was published in 1889 (an earlier attempt in 1888 was apparently withdrawn and destroyed, but that's another story).
Martin


On Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 12:09:55 PM GMT+12, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu<mailto:fred.shapiro at yale.edu>> wrote:

Esperanto (OED 1892)

1891 Sun (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 9/1 (Newspapers.com)

Associations are being organized all over Germany to hasten the introduction of a universal language called Esperanto.

Fred Shapiro


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