Ivan Shmakov wrote to Roy Witt:  
    
   IS>> The phrase itself means "Yes, yourself"... in Esperanto.  
   IS>> Incidentally, the language borrows "yes" (spelled "jes" there) from  
   IS>> English, and "vi" is similar enough to English "we,"  
    
   RW>> Not so.  "vi" is similar to Spanish since the 'i' is pronounced as  
   RW>> a long 'e' in Spanish.  
    
   IS>     Curiously enough, Wiktionary gives "wi:" (IPA) as the UK  
   IS>     pronunciation for "we,"  
    
  Dunno how that could be. 'we' is pronounced with a straight 'e' in both UK  
  and American English as in 'bee'. 'wi' in American English is a postal  
  abbreviation for the state of Wisconsin.  
    
   IS> yet "wi" as the US one (a difference I haven't been aware of until  
   IS> now.)  
    
    
           R\\%/itt  
    
  PS - Esperento isn't used in this part of the world...  
    
    
    
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