Return-path: X-Spam-Personal-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Envelope-to: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Delivery-date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:49:25 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MPM5S-0002ZE-H1; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:49:06 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list jbovlaste); Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MPM4Z-0002Yf-Pw for jbovlaste-real@lojban.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:56 -0700 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.251]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MPM4W-0002YR-JA for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:55 -0700 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d40so2237637and.1 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7oyOuPwaizPByrNok15lHDUJnxmS2nGYbnBouYmkV9Q=; b=HMvlRfwojunf2cIQjqXhCnzYx2oeubyZ8iVqt+fBfyqlj2cScvLCGpSm4ebc2Fgaqn VcZupS+4hGnbfWEjjPHVqcn4N9BFaj/0uf5x9UL5dwv9UberbuB6nDRApecwkcWpiAub 6iqnRqtPCsQfmoW1cqUbF5hTrq95lvGeVhqtE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=HRz5OJdIINQGkDZQym9h3NYiuip7TPdbnMCv9eh7jD1h5sXnbmzI5KGyus4o1cvoc4 q9zsKy5NjSvaIzc2gftOzsBIBLwk5IcN1I0Zb1NaLgEL/XTois60iuFO4RUWEvOcj2oD /r4d3JQYFJXoYlKOvUdES3MLYfgLIMyDqjKOA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.105.15 with SMTP id d15mr3131337anc.140.1247255271148; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Brett Williams Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:47:31 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: [jbovlaste] za'e mablrxasxolo (was: Re: Newbie: How does voting work, esp. with natural words?) To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mungojelly@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-list: jbovlaste Content-Length: 678 Lines: 22 mi'e la selckiku On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Luke Bergen wrote: > > As a side note, how would one say "asshole" in lojban?  It seems like a word > that has a lot of cultural bias in it.  But how would one express that > concept of "that person is a _____" where "_____" has a whole lot of > connotations about selfishness etc... that we in english have decided to > shorten into "asshole"? You can make all sorts of colorful "mal-" lujvo that could have any sort of connotations, but if you want to bring through the same connotations as an English word the appropriate way to do it is probably with a fu'ivla. Perhaps "mablrxasxolo"? mu'o