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Green Flag With Star On Google Logo Celebrates L. L. Zamenhof, Esperanto Creator (PHOTO)

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:55 PM ET

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The anniversary of the birth of L. L. Zamenhof is celebrated in today's Google Logo, which has replaced the "L" in "Google" with a green flag.

Zamenhof, born December 15, 1859, was the creator of Esperanto, a constructed language designed to be used for international communication.

See a screenshot of the Google logo below:

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LMPE
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1782 Fans
12:18 AM on 12/16/2009
I'd never even heard of Zamenhof until I saw that thing!
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DennisMM
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05:50 PM on 12/15/2009
I was reading a science fiction novel recently that featured many people from different cultures stranded together. Fortunately, a couple of them spoke Esperanto and the language quickly spread, allowing communication between nearly all of the characters. Here's to Zamenhof!
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Jeremy Aldrich
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04:27 PM on 12/15/2009
Hurrah for Google! As an Esperanto speaker and proponent of the language as a real, useful tool for cross-cultural communication, I was enormously pleased at their provocative and unexpected choice today.

Esperanto vivas!
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