  How plain the sound of common tea, And plainer still LE THE, But TEO, lovely TEO All linguists love to say! How common sounds—cup coffee. Le cafÉ floats in air With Kafo, Bona Kafo No drink can quite compare. How vulgar the word butter Le beurre is just as bad, But the good word butero Will always make us glad. We Esperantists modest are, But this one thing we know: That all earth's wisest children |
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