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They could be talking about Esperanto!

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It often happens that things in the literature, online and offline, sound just like a property of Esperanto. Here is one random example I just came across:

"A distributed system is a system that operates robustly over a wide network."
http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/consistency.html

See what I mean? I read this and go, "Hmm, 'operates robustly over a wide network'??? - They could be talking about Esperanto!"

Regards,
Mike Jones
8.Aug.2012
Fort Worth Texas

by Mike Jones

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And here are a couple more

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And here are a couple more examples I ran across yesterday:
At FedEx Office, an example poster said, "We Build Relationships", and at Tarrant County College, Riverside Campus, the school had a poster declaring several features about itself, including the following two: "...where we are committed to...Strong, Open Communication", and "Multicultural Competence and Language Acquisition".

Regards,
Mike Jones
23.Aug.2012
Fort Worth Texas

August 23, 2012 by Mike Jones, 38 weeks 2 days ago

Here's another example that I

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Here's another example that I heard on TV yesterday: "Never miss an opportunity to connect." Saying that to an Esperantist is like carrying coals to Newcastle.

Regards,
Mike Jones
10.Aug.2012
Fort Worth Texas

August 10, 2012 by Mike Jones, 40 weeks 22 hours ago

Nord-Amerika Somera Kursaro (26 jun - 5 jul)

Landa Kongreso * Jul 5 - 8 * US Annual Congress

English follows ->
EO Esperanto: La Landa Kongreso okazos ĉe Universitato William Peace en Raleigh, Norda Karolino, Usono. 2013 julio 5 - 8.

EN English: The Annual US Esperanto Congress will be at William Peace University, in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. 5 - 8 July, 2013.

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