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The Weirdjews2 community points out how languages can be fun in the UN:
http://community.livejournal.com/weirdjews2/552112.html
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2006-08-17 03:20 pm (UTC)
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I've heard that most of the attendees conversed in Yiddish, because it was the only language they had in common...
What was that about a universal language?
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2006-08-17 03:22 pm (UTC)
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Obviously, it's Yiddish. :-)
When I was 19, I took a trip to Poland and saw the grave of the creator of Esperanto. (He's buried in one of (IIRC) Warsaw's biggest Jewish cemetaries, along with several prominent Rebbeim.
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Date: 2006-08-17 03:20 pm (UTC)What was that about a universal language?
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Date: 2006-08-17 03:22 pm (UTC)When I was 19, I took a trip to Poland and saw the grave of the creator of Esperanto. (He's buried in one of (IIRC) Warsaw's biggest Jewish cemetaries, along with several prominent Rebbeim.