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[I]t could possibly become the practice when meeting someone who speaks a different language to greet him or her in Esperanto if one does not know how to greet him or her in his or her own language. After a few words or a few sentences one might then need to use an interpreter, yet it could perhaps be good to say something in the other person's language if possible, yet if that is not possible to use a neutral language such as Esperanto, so as to indicate that one is not expecting that everything is to be said in one's own language.
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Kurt Elling wrote a vocalese song called "Esperanto" based on the Vince Mendoza composition "Esperança". Elling explains on his album Live in Chicago (Blue Note) that the lyrics were written while he was under the impression that it was titled "Esperanto" and only later found out the original title, which is the Portuguese word for 'hope'.
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To have an information packet (snail-)mailed to you, send your postal address to maryjpnap@aol.com with the word "Esperanto" in the subject line. To receive announcents and event notifications via email, send your email address to sherwells@tm.net with the word "Esperanto" in the subject line. Both of these services are free of charge.
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