First I'd like to say hi to everyone like me trying to learn Ido, since this is my first post and all. Now more to the subject matter: I did an active search...
Kara amiki, Me voyajos automobile a Francia, por renkontrar la Franca ed internaciona amiki, dum la semano di 22-24 mayo. Ti qui deziras vehar kun me,...
Evening All, Ido has quite rightly dispensed with sexist connotations of genderised grammar and the constrictive pool of prononuns that deny an unspecified or...
... Cheeky or dumb. Or else you haven't thought it though. "His" is not an Ido word, but "his-" is the root of a verb meaning to hoist, or run up a flag....
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 7, 2004 12:44 am
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no need to be rude mate, and dumb does not mean "without knowlege" but rather unable to speak. Secondly Ido obviously has connotations with english, and its...
... I don't understand. Could you say this another way? ... I have never heard of anyone who thought that "history" is derived from "his story". That is just...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 7, 2004 10:49 am
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... Ido has the same sources for its roots as English, the one for history in English and Ido is 'wiseman' in Greek, 'histor'. ... Fairly radical feminists....
Hello everyone... I am Andrew Riley. I have been studying Ido for about four days now and am looking for a place where I can gain some positive feedback as I...
... Andrew, welcome! But no, this is not the place. The way to learn is by doing, and the place is Idolisto. If I remember rightly, you subscribe by sending...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 7, 2004 10:37 pm
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... Ido roots are taken from the major European languages, as far as possible selecting those most widely known in those languages. Therefore a majority of the...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 8, 2004 1:11 am
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I am not easily impressed by antagonistic impusles but... "I encourage you to get into promoting Ido. In a practical and sane way. That will be activity worthy...
... You have blown your cover by your incompetency in the use of English. You have sought a forum among English-speakers in order to attack the English...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 8, 2004 11:51 am
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Ok I take back something, you haven't only ignored what I have said about promoting Ido. But you have also assigned a couple of things to me completely wrongly...
Kara William, I was in two minds about whether to intervene here, but this kind of _ad hominem_ insult really goes against the spirit of this list. Ido-angla...
Apologies to James, and others who have had the misfortune to read our words. I'd love to get involved absolutely positively to further an international...
One of my messages has not been displayed, but I am not interested truthfully in antagonising anyone including those who think (erroneously or not) that a...
There is a cartoon of a dog sitting at a computer, with another dog looking on. In the caption, the first is saying, "On the Internet, they don't know you are...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 9, 2004 4:32 am
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My command of the English language is considerably better than yours, on the present evidence anyway. No, I have not sought a forum to attack the English...
Dear Andrew, Welcome! I'm William and, like you have become interested in Ido. I advise you to use Ido as much as you can if you want to learn it; Michael is...
... No-one, until you have (a) decided on a language, and (b) made some credible progress in learning it. Then you will not need to ask. People who have done...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 9, 2004 7:17 am
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... Such as friendly and welcoming signature files for newcomers (or anybody else, for that matter) from the USA? -- Paul Bartlett bartlett "at" smart "dot"...
... I thought someone might bring that up... First of all let me make this clear: what is in my signature is common to all my messages whatever list I send...
... James, an American said it; leave Americans to quote it. You don't need to. Do you? Amikale... -- Michael TALBOT-WILSON -- Hike esas du o tri bokali per...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 9, 2004 11:18 am
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Michael, stop being rude! I am not a "phoney", I love the English language and have no wishes to attack it. I can't help but feel that if this is the attitude...
... See what you mean, could you perhaps use 'vu' for you and 'on' for they? or rephrase, "on the internet, one is treated like a dog", depends on the other...
... I dont need to quote anyone in my signature - but I think it adds a bit of interest to my posts, and in fact I have had some positive comments on previous...
... I think it is an unfortunate way to criticise or mock the United States, a way that does not become an outsider. The women of Afghanistan look back on the...
Michael Talbot-Wilson
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Apr 10, 2004 4:20 am
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... But that's not AT ALL what it means. It means that one is treated like a HUMAN precisely because they don't know he's a dog. I think it could be re-worded...
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