Elinjo's World for Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

'Animal, vegetable or mineral?'

Do you recognize the following? Animal, vegetable or mineral? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Questions It seems to be known all over the world. To cut a long list short: the French call it coing, the Danes called it kvæde, the Chinese call it wen po, the Japanese call it marumero, Esperantists... Sign in to see full entry.

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Generational culture-gap.

I'm feeling my age today! Monday is always hectic, because I have a fast date at the Esperanto club. Yesterday I went to the club earlier than usual because I wanted to pop in to visit the neighboring youth club, where they also have an Esperanto group. Just going into the building was initially a... Sign in to see full entry.

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My background is cosmopolitan and this will be reflected in the contents of this blog. Originally I filed it under the category fiction, however have decided to move it to 'Everything else', because it includes many different genres from short stories to essays, poetry, social comments and autobiographical sketches.

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