History Quotes / EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage

->''"[[{{Omniglot}} I have trained myself to speak all human languages]]. Except, of course, Esperanto. *laughs* You could tell *that* one was going nowhere fast."''

->'''Holly''': Yeah, it means, "Could you send for the hall porter? There appears to be a frog in my bidet."

-->-- '''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'''

->'''Rimmer''': Holly, as the Esperantinos would say, "Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston? Lausajne estas rano en mia bideo!" And I think we all know what that means.

-->'''Holly''': Yeah, it means, "Could you send for the hall porter? There appears to be a frog in my bidet."

->''"How shall I greet them? What does ''KlaatuBaradaNikto'' mean anyway? Do they speak Esperanto? Lojban? Sona? Cityspeak? Interlac? Interlingua? Triplanetarian? Why invent all these universal languages if we can't agree which one to use?"''
-->-- ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''

->"How shall I greet them? What does ''KlaatuBaradaNikto'' mean anyway? Do they speak Esperanto? Lojban? Sona? Cityspeak? Interlac? Interlingua? Triplanetarian? Why invent all these universal languages if we can't agree which one to use?"
-->-- '''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'''

->"How shall I greet them? What does ''{{Klaatu barado nikto}}'' mean anyway? Do they speak Esperanto? Lojban? Sona? Cityspeak? Interlac? Interlingua? Triplanetarian? Why invent all these universal languages if we can't agree which one to use?"

->"How shall I greet them? What does Klaatu barado nikto mean anyway? Do they speak Esperanto? Lojban? Sona? Cityspeak? Interlac? Interlingua? Triplanetarian? Why invent all these universal languages if we can't agree which one to use?"

-->''Espeerantoo vas a doomb ideea! Everyvan shuoold joost leern Sveedeesh! Bork bork bork!!''

-->''Esperanto looks basically like a cross between Spanish and Martian.''

-->''Greek mythology depends far more on the marvellous aesthetic of its language and so of its nomenclature of persons and places and less on its content than people realize, though of course it depends on both. And vice versa. Volapuk, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c &c are dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends.''

-->'''Rimmer''': Holly, as the Esperantinos would say, "Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston? Lausajne estas rano en mia bideo!" And I think we all know what that means.

-->Vesperruĝo，fluas en ondetoj．
-->Ĝi estas kiel la kanto，bela·kanto de teliĉo．
-->Ĉu vi rimarkis birdojn，portanta afableco？
-->Super la maro flugas，ili flugas kun amo．
-->Oranĝa ĉielo emocias mian spiriton．
-->Stelo de l'espero，stelo lumis eterne，
-->Lumis eterne

-->'''Buster''': See Babs? I told you music was the universal language!
-->'''Babs''': And I thought it was Esperanto.

-->''I think Esperanto is a legitimate language!''

-->The TV's in Esperanto.
-->You know that that's a bitch.

-->''"[[{{Omniglot}} I have trained myself to speak all human languages]]. Except, of course, Esperanto. *laughs* You could tell *that* one was going nowhere fast."''

-->--'''Bill Bryson'''

-->--Bill Bryson

-->--Creator/JRRTolkien

-->--''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation''

-->--''RedDwarf''

-->''Espeerantoo vas a doomb ideea! Everyvan shuoold joost leern Sveedeesh! Börk börk börk!!''

-->--JRRTolkien

-->--The first verse of Alice's canzone in ''{{Manga/ARIA}}''

-->--'''[[WebOriginal/TheSpoonyExperiment The Ultimate Spoony]]''', ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall''

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-->--'''[[TheSpoonyExperiment The Ultimate Spoony]]''', ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall''

-->--'''[[TheSpoonyExperiment The Ultimate Spoony]]''', ''AtopTheFourthWall''

-->--''TinyToons: How I Spent My Summer Vacation''

-->--'''TheyMightBeGiants''', "Alienation's for the Rich"

-->--The first verse of Alice's canzone in ''{{ARIA}}''