Neniam kredas ĉio ke vi legas! Much is made about the accuracy
of Wikipedia, but normal books can be a challenge, especially if
they're written for grade school students. I was looking at the
third version of a book written in 2000, "The Euro for Europe"
last week. It was meant to be a High School introduction to the
Euro as it came into existence. One of the things it gave was a
small history of attempts at combined European currency. The
first illustration the book gave was "An Appeal by Esperanto
users for a single currency in Europe." It showed a photograph
of a completely readable postcard. Underneath the postcard it
says, "Translated from Romanian, this reads:" It then gives an
accurate English translation of the postcard. How do I know its
an accurate translation? every single word on the postcard, with
the exception of most of the handwritten address, is in perfect
Esperanto. There is not a single Romanian word on the entire
card. The address is in French, with the exception of the
recipient's title,