Word: esperonto
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...Americans of the rising generation is merely a dialect, or whether it has attained to the dignity of a distinct "American" tongue. Professor Scott, of the University of Michigan, hails the day when this indigenous language will be officially recognized. It will apparently be composed of our vernacular Esperonto, with a few relics of our Trans-Atlantic heritage as a concession to tradition. Mrs. Smith will extend bids to a dance. Policemen will become cops in the dictionary, even "Lift up your beans, ye mighty gates...
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