[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Esperanto"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Great work. Here is an instance two days earlier of the phrase "the
Esperanto language". The left margin of the article is obscured
(follow link to see clipping). The same article uses the phrase
"Esperanto's language". So the new sense of "Esperanto" is still
emerging.

The article acknowledges the "Indianapolis News". If the appearance in
the "Indianapolis News" can be located then it will probably be
possible to push the date back a bit further.

Date: December 15, 1887
Newspaper: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Article: X Y Z--The cat Is White
Author: (from Indianapolis News)
Quote Page 7, Column 1
Database: Newspapers.com

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-esperanto-lang/155223316/

[Begin excerpt]
the Esperanto language
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 1:35 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I clipped this for future reference. Headline is "Esperanto. The New
> International Language Which is to Supersede Volapuk," and it's reprinted
> from the St. Louis Republican.
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript-esperanto/155215557/
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 1:28 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of
> > mr_peter_morris at outlook.com <mr_peter_morris at OUTLOOK.COM>
> > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2024 2:28 AM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Subject: Re: Antedating of "Esperanto"
> >
> > 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. "
> >
> >
> > https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Dominion_Illustrated/8DXM16DjChgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Esperanto&pg=PA30&printsec=frontcover
> >
> >
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > From "Martin Purdy" <00000bd8cf391c5b-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > <mailto:00000bd8cf391c5b-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>>
> > To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Date 13/09/2024 04:51:22
> > 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.
> >
> >
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