buscando a Corum

[caratulion]

Soy un pobre chileno que busca desesperadamente el libro la espada y el corcel..si alguno de ud ,oh almas buenas, puede ayudarme estare eternmente agradecidos........ :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol:

[Anonymous]

um, donde esta la bibloteca?

[L'Etranger]

Re: buscando a Corum

A ver, socio, si te podemos ayudar ... esperate un ratito.

Soy un pobre chileno que busca desesperadamente el libro la espada y el corcel..si alguno de ud ,oh almas buenas, puede ayudarme estare eternmente agradecidos........ :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol:

Hi, this Chilean Moorcockista is in desperate need of a Spanish version of "The Sword and the Stallion". Does anybody have a clue where he can find one? "Caratulion" promisses eternal gratitude if we can help him... we should not let the opportunity slip away ...

[Michael Moorcock]

I'm trying to see if I have a spare.

[kard]

hm, is esperanto actually a spanish word? i know that it is a language of its own, but only the word

[Hans von Hammer]

he amigo, es realmente dificil encontrar los libros de Moorcock en Sudamerica... soy de Brasil y aca son muy raros... lo que podriamos hacer es eso - podemos hacer algo como cambiar libros... te paso una lista de los q tengo aqui y tu me pasai una de los que tenis ahi, porque tengo familia y amigos en chile, y podemos hacer un escambo, que dices?

Well... dont you guys go thinking "Hey, do they speak spanish in brazil like bush said they do? was he right?" - no, he is an idiot and we do speak portuguese. i just happen to have family in chile, hehe.

AND I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR CORUM BOOKS PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ!! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THEM HERE IN BRAZIL!!!!

[L'Etranger]

hm, is esperanto actually a spanish word? i know that it is a language of its own, but only the word

Chico, "esperate un ratito" is dialect in the reflexive form (espera - te) and means "just you wait a little", very common in Latin America.
Espera-n-to is an artificial language that was created, I think, around the end of the 19th century; it is composed of words and structures of the most common (European) languages and intended to help overcome, err, language barriers.

[kard]

yes, but the word itself, companero?

[L'Etranger]

yes, but the word itself, companero?

Please, which word other than "esperate" could you mean?

But perhaps we could sort this out outside the thread. I have email as you can see. :)

[Anonymous]

sorry i was not referring to your use of "esperate". it only reminded me of "esperanto", this made me ask out of curiosity if it is a spanish word. it seems not

i googled for it...

[L'Etranger]

The word probably has to do with the hope that was put into the idea of having a language that could unite the world or parts of it. Esperar, espoir. But that's just a guess.

[DiGiMac]

I studied Esperanto for a year before realising what a dumb idea it is.
A language needs a physical home to be relevant, current and alive. It needs a group of people as reference, some mother-tonguers, otherwise we might just as well choose Latin.
Also, as LEt notes, it is a European invented language with latin roots and the roman alphabet.
A neutral, international language is a nice idea, a nobel objective and an interesting intellectual exercise (Interlingua is another attempt), but somehow I don't place much hope in their improving understanding between the diverse peoples of our damp lump of rock.

[Michael Moorcock]

Their headquarters was just around the corner from me in Holland Park. I used a bit of Esperanto in one of my early sf novels, as I recall. I
think it's a fun hobby and believe that that's how Harry sees it, these days.

[Michael Moorcock]

Harry's American but has lived in many parts of the world. He now lives between England and the US. He lived in Ireland for many years and might still have a place there, I'm not sure. Saw him a few months ago and we had a great old farts evening. We've been friends for some forty years.

[Michael Moorcock]

Yep. I've got an albino on my back. Harry's got a rat on his.
Probably better than having a coke-fixing, pipe-smoking detective in a deerstalker sitting on your shoulder.