# The TV's in Esperonto **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992 "2011-07-22T15:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/1 "2011-07-22T15:52:59Z")
You know that that’s a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/2 "2011-07-22T16:03:37Z")
Well I ain’t feelin’ happy about the state of things in my life, but I’m working to make it better with a six of Miller High Life 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/3 "2011-07-22T18:13:31Z")
\*Making sure my dues get paid. Because… \* Excellent. One of my favorites. Don’t know if you guys have seen [this](http://www.avclub.com/articles/they-might-be-giants-covers-chumbawamba,53068/) but it’s TMBG covering Chumbawumba’s “Tubthumping” for The Onion’s Undercover series. It is super cool. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/4 "2011-07-22T18:30:36Z")
I’m feeling poorer every day. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/5 "2011-07-22T18:37:16Z")
Esperanto ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/6 "2011-07-22T18:38:02Z")
I speak Esperanto. [That TV is not a problem.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uFAM15SDA) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/7 "2011-07-22T18:45:04Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I speak Esperanto. Were you born in Esperant, or did you learn it as an adult? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/8 "2011-07-22T19:26:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Were you born in Esperant, or did you learn it as an adult? He speaks it like a native. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/9 "2011-07-22T20:00:39Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I speak Esperanto. [That TV is not a problem.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uFAM15SDA) 😃 I was all set to page you, too! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tvs-in-esperonto/589992/10 "2011-07-22T23:17:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Were you born in Esperant, or did you learn it as an adult? [del]My grandparents spoke it. When they fled from the Nazis in '39, they snuck the last remaining Esperanto-language record of the founding of Tbilisi out of what became the Warsaw Ghetto before–[/del] I learned it on the Internet. 🙂