Thomas Preece
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Thomas Preece
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30-something from #Bristol, UK. Interested in boardgames, genealogy, Esperanto, music (ukulele, ocarina), retro tech (vinyl, cassettes, gramophones). Go and Colemak user. Gameshow and Blue Jays baseball fan. #ActuallyAutistic
There must be an obscure British word for bread roll that rhymes with "cadence".

(Apparently it's actually meant to be "plagal on a bagel")
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I do have tapes that aren't in Esperanto too... this one's in toki pona! It's a home-made one and quite possibly the only cassette of toki pona music in the whole world (please prove me wrong, I'd like to meet fellow toki pona retro tech enthusiasts!)
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Deck is fully serviced and calibrated, so now for some music... en Esperanto, kompreneble!
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Not bad. The frequency is supposed to be as close to 3000 Hz as possible, and the wow and flutter as low as possible. I don't have a lab-grade test tape, so the w&f on the recording is unspecified and so the machine is actually performing quite a bit better than that already reasonable figure.
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Ne pafu en mi, Ludoviko!
#Esperanto #LaEspero #DekBovinoj
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I'll wait for someone else to have a go after this one.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Jen nova ebleco por la plej frua originala Esperanto-kanto kun kaj teksto kaj melodio verkitaj samtempe. Ĝi aperis en 1905, kaj la mencio de aĉetebla partituro verŝajne implicas, ke temas pri muziko originala.

Pliaj detaloj: eomuziko.com/eo/posts/la-...

#esperanto #EsperantoMuziko
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
En aŭgusto mia artikolo pri La Unua Kanto en Esperanto diris, ke la plej frua kanto verkita kiel kanto (ne kiel poemo) verŝajne eldoniĝis en la 60-aj jaroj.

Mi nun trovis, ke la kanto "Leono Estas Best'" unue aperis en 1933!

Pliaj informoj: eomuziko.com/eo/posts/la-...

#Esperanto #EsperantoMuziko
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Laŭ tradicio, la plej frua Esperanto-filmo estas "Angoroj" (1964). Sed tiun ĉi anonceton mi trovis en "The British Esperantist", septembro 1934. (talkie = filmo kun dialogo, kontraste al la ĝistiame kutimaj silentaj filmoj)

#Esperanto
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I knew about (and have a copy of) the Linguaphone beginner's course of fifteen 10" records - this is the first I've heard about the advanced course. The price is over £125 in today's money. A 12" gramophone record has about 5 minutes per side, so that's for less than a single CD's worth of audio.
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
November 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"Esperanto" biscuits. - Very tasty. 2/6 lb post paid. Send to 61 Porthkerry Road, Barry, Glam. Profits to the Barry in-person course.
November 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
There's a different variation on this advert each month. In another one "400 friends await you".
November 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Automatic telephones have just been installed in The Hague. The usage instructions have been printed in four national languages and Esperanto. Write a letter of congratulations to Gemeentelijke Telefoondienst, Marnixstrrat 18, The Hague, The Netherlands."
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
November 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Now this is what I was actually looking for! 6/- for a record though 😟 ... that's nearly £40 for the set of two and the book in today's money!
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM