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OK, whoever I promised this link to a week or two ago: Here it is!

One of them is right near Cleveland; the others are clustered around the rest of the Great Lakes - collect 'em all! trade with your friends! There is a list at the bottom of the second page. The houses are all "Usonians, smaller, simpler and designed toward the end of Wright’s career for the middle class." For some reason, everyone we mention this to already knew what "Usonians" meant. Except me.

Weirdly enough, the exact day before this article came out, some friends rented one of these to go stay in after Wiscon. We figure on getting lots of cooking - I mean writing - done for a few days.

Date: 2008-04-03 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orangemike.livejournal.com
"Usonian" is slightly fudged Esperanto. In E-o, "Usono" is the United States of [North] American; so the adjective is "Usona" and an "American" is an "Usonano"! As far as I know, FLW didn't actually study Esperanto to any great depth.

In googling to check this, I ran across a description of a karaoke cover of "Ziggy Stardust" with the lyrics translated into Esperanto. Ah, the wonders of the Interwebz!

Date: 2008-04-04 04:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com
A-ha!! Thank you.

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