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| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6695 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes  4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 1 of 6 26 July 2007 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | ||
Are people that possess an Esperanto name pretty rare? I found two websites with some Esperanto names. Here are a couple examples:
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| awake Senior Member United States Joined 6640 days ago 406 posts - 438 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Spanish | Message 2 of 6 26 July 2007 at 9:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know of any people who have given their children Esperanto
names, though I wouldn't be surprised to learn that such people exist. However, In the Esperanto community, it's fairly common to see people "convert" their name to the Esperanto orthography (though certainly not everyone does this - possibly most don't do it). But enough people do do that for it to be fairly common. For example, my English, given name is Michael, but when I correspond in Esperanto I use Majkelo (pronounced my-KEL-oh). The -o ending is the noun marker in esperanto and is commonly used in male names (female names commonly end in either -o or -a, though there is no requirement for that). and in Esperanto the penultimate syllable is emphasized, so the esperantization of my name changes it up quite a bit. Yet, it is still recognizable. Also of possible interest, Esperanto makes vastly more extensive use of affixes than any other language of which I am aware, and the system of affixes is extremely regular and well defined. This includes a way of generating Esperanto nicknames. to make an esperanto nickname take the first or first two syllables of your name and add the appropriate affix ĉjo (ch-yoh -said as one syllable) and -njo or nja (nyoh or njah) for females Thus, my nickname, were I to use one, might be Majĉjo (My-choh) which would be the equivalent of the English "Mike" These suffixes can be used for anything that might have a nickname, like pets, automobiles, whatever you've named. they are also used with family relations Patro = Father, Paĉjo = Dad Patrino = Mother Panjo = Mom Fratino = sister Franjo = Sis etc... Edited by awake on 26 July 2007 at 9:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6695 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 3 of 6 26 July 2007 at 10:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Nicknames in Esperanto and the language in general are interesting. I definately plan on learning it in the future.
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| Magyar Triglot Newbie Hungary Joined 6406 days ago 22 posts - 22 votes Speaks: German, Hungarian*, English Studies: French | Message 4 of 6 28 July 2007 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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Have you ever heard about the Hungarian lawyer/writer Tivadar Soros (1894 - 1968)? He was the father of George Soros and a famous supporter of the Esperanto movement. He wrote his memories in Esperanto under the title "Masquerade" (I don't know the exact name of the work in Esperanto, but I think it is called "Maskerado").
I've also heard that he always used the Esperanto form of his name both in public and in private: Tivadar is the Hungarian form of Theodor, he preferred being called "TEODORO Soros" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Nordlicht Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 6417 days ago 47 posts - 50 votes Speaks: German*, English, Latin Studies: Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto | Message 5 of 6 01 August 2007 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's kind of funny. My name's Anja, so if I were to introduce myself in Esperanto people might think I'm going by a nickname?
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| awake Senior Member United States Joined 6640 days ago 406 posts - 438 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Spanish | Message 6 of 6 01 August 2007 at 8:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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They might, if it's pronounced in Esperanto the same way you normally
pronounce it. Though if someone gets to actually know you, It will become clear that it's your actual name as well.
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