From Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de Thu Sep 12 03:23:21 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 12 Sep 2002 10:23:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 77519 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2002 10:23:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Sep 2002 10:23:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Sep 2002 10:23:21 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17pR85-0007dX-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:23:21 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pR7Q-0007dD-00; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:22:40 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:22:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgw6.gedas.de ([139.1.44.12] helo=spree.gedas.de) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pR7E-0007d0-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:22:28 -0700 Received: from spree.gedas.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spree.gedas.de (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA23678 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:21:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from blnsem05.de.gedas.vwg (blnsem05.gedas.de [139.1.84.49]) by spree.gedas.de (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA23672 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:21:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by blnsem05.de.gedas.vwg with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:21:55 +0200 Message-ID: To: "'lojban-list@lojban.org'" Subject: Re: [lojban] "boring" Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:21:53 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-archive-position: 1177 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: "Newton, Philip" Reply-To: Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=23036112 X-Yahoo-Profile: elder_newton Theodore Reed wrote: > Why not just use .a'ucu'i? The refgramm glosses it as "no > interest". That sounds to me as if I'm simply not interested in something -- but that, for me, is not the same as something that bores me, or that I find boring. "Not interested" seems more neutral an emotion to me (as befits {cu'i}), or nearly lack of emotion. mu'omi'e filip. -- filip.niutyn. All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.