Meet me at the British Esperanto Conference! Posted by Chuck Smith on Feb 11, 2014
I must say I’m honored to be chosen as the keynote speaker at the British Esperanto Conference in Sheffield, England this year! While I’ve been to my share of interesting and boring Esperanto meetings in England, I’m really excited about this one, because one of the organizers is a good friend of mine, Tim Owen……
Author interview: Trevor Steele Posted by Chuck Smith on Feb 3, 2014
Today, I’m happy to have a chat with Trevor Steele, a famous Esperanto author from Australia. He had his first success with his novel Sed nur fragmento in 1987. His works are heavily influenced by his travels in Germany and Eastern Europe. In 2002, he served two years as the General Director of the Universal…
Trains and Esperanto? Posted by Chuck Smith on Jan 26, 2014
A little while ago, I read that there are now discussions about whether to build a 500 kph (300 mph) maglev train from Washington DC to New York City. When this starts running, you could then travel between these two cities in just an hour, completely revolutionizing possibilities along this corridor. Also, since both cities…
Being vegetarian in Esperanto Posted by Chuck Smith on Nov 6, 2013
I still remember my first thoughts about vegetaranismo in Esperanto. I had this conversation. Anna: Why do you eat meat? Me: It’s too difficult to always find a vegetarian option. Anna: That’s a stupid reason. Every Esperanto conference has a vegetarian option. Why aren’t you a vegetarian here? Me: I never thought of that! After…
Measuring up in the USA Posted by Chuck Smith on Aug 26, 2013
Are you soon planning to visit the USA? Perhaps you already live there, but don’t yet know how to talk about non-metric measurements in Esperanto. Well, believe it or not, sometimes the American customary units system is easier to use in practice. For example, if I’m riding in the car with someone heading to an…
Esperanto: the second language in OUYA Posted by Chuck Smith on Jul 31, 2013
Since the following article is about a project I’m personally involved in, I will translate the article about it from Libera Folio, an Esperanto news source. After English, Esperanto became the second language, which appeared in the recently launched game console OUYA, a system crowdfunded by private hobbyists. An app for listening to Esperanto radio…
Nicole, I am your Esperanto father Posted by Chuck Smith on Jul 3, 2013
Last week we had an interview with Nicole Klünder, a third generation native Esperanto speaker. It became so popular that a Belgian radio station even picked up on it to interview a local native Esperanto speaker (in Dutch). A few days later, Nicole’s father Helmut Klünder wrote me to let me know of some factual…