Like every other attempt to undo the tragedy of Babel, Esperanto was ultimately a failure.

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His idea carries the quixotic whiff of Esperanto, the international language that failed to become mainstream.

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It has also been the headquarters of the Esperanto Association of Britain since 1960.

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My favorite pan-Latin restaurant in New York, Esperanto, finishes off its meals with a frothy passion fruit mousse.

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Measured in the esperanto currency, gold set a record today of 1, 108 euros.

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The very place names in Gothenburg breathe well-intentioned internationalism: Esperanto Square, Olof Palme Place, after its third-world-minded prime minister assassinated in 1986.

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Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, also believed it would unite humanity.

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There was a time about two decades ago when the debate was what would be the next global business language: German, Spanish or Esperanto.

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Most types of white fish can substitute for the tuna in Esperanto's recipe and scallops and shrimp can be used as well, though they must be poached first.

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At Esperanto, ceviche is a gratifying comfort food.

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And it does so in a dumbed-down Esperanto that its audience can't fail to understand -- the universal language of commercial TV sitcoms, with their constrained cultural vocabulary and their subtext of harmlessness: Don't be offended, none of this really means anything, it's just a goof about a lot of dumb stuff going down around us.

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