Re: Auxlangs (was Re: T-Shirt)

Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
"There comes an idea to me: anyone willing to design a conculture for
Esperanto, i.e. a fictional country where Esperanto is spoken as
vernacular?"

    Ah, something like Nomen Tuum - the fictional location where the cult
classic "Incubus" was set.  As all of the Esperantists here will probably
know, this 1960's horror film was the first (and, to my knowledge, ONLY)
feature film shot in Esperanto - with ALL dialogue conducted in la lingvo,
and English subtitles as an aid to the viewer.
    As if that wasn't scary enough, it stars William Shatner.

    Apparently, Nomen Tuum has a sort of timeless, locationless quality to
it; it could be equally at home in Eastern Europe or (as was actually the
case) Big Sur, California.  I haven't seen the film myself; I'm waiting for
it to come out on DVD.

-Chollie

P.S.  I have Silvestre de Sacy's article!  Now I can brush up on my
Bala-i-balan...
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