A tilted glass jar containing a golden question mark, resting on plum velvet.

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Arnold Rimmer

Oh yeah? Well, as the Esperanto would say, "Bonvoro alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo!" And I think we all know what that means.

— Red Dwarf ‧ 1988

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Rimmer presents a phrase as Esperanto and assumes that everyone understands it. The retained passage does not give a translation, so the confident claim remains separate from the listener's possible uncertainty.

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