Envelope-to: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org
Delivery-date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:55:04 -0700
From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
To: jbovlaste@lojban.org
Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: Boat rods/poles
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:51:57 -0400
User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405)
References: <941895.9144.qm@web88002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <AANLkTimCpX73AJRC-8MM58PaHPHTj11H5EkYV0eY7WgS@mail.gmail.com> <20100608205425.GA11329@sdf.lonestar.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100608205425.GA11329@sdf.lonestar.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-Id: <201006091052.07141.phma@phma.optus.nu>
X-Spam_score: 0.8
X-Spam_score_int: 8
X-Spam_bar: /
X-Spam_report: Spam detection software, running on the system "chain.digitalkingdom.org", has
 identified this incoming email as possible spam.  The original message
 has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
 similar future email.  If you have any questions, see
 the administrator of that system for details.
 
 Content preview:  On Tuesday 08 June 2010 16:54:25 Minimiscience wrote: > de'i
    li 08 pi'e 06 pi'e 2010 la'o fy. Yoav Nir .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra. > >
   > English uses "boom" for both the big rod on the boat, and the thin rod >
    > that holds a microphone in movie-making. You never have a sentence where
    > > context doesn't make it clear which one you mean. > > .skamyxatra > >
    What if a film crew is working on a boat that gets hit by a large wave and
    > has to jibe to stay upright, and someone yells out "Watch out for the >
    boom!"? I'm pretty sure that that context, at least, is ambiguous. [...] 
 
 Content analysis details:   (0.8 points, 5.0 required)
 
  pts rule name              description
 ---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
 -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE     RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low
                             trust
                             [75.180.132.120 listed in list.dnswl.org]
  0.8 BAYES_50               BODY: Bayes spam probability is 40 to 60%
                             [score: 0.4898]
X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0
Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org
Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org
X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu
Precedence: bulk
Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org
X-list: jbovlaste
X-Spam_score: 1.9
X-Spam_score_int: 19
X-Spam_bar: +
X-Spam_report: Spam detection software, running on the system "chain.digitalkingdom.org", has
 identified this incoming email as possible spam.  The original message
 has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
 similar future email.  If you have any questions, see
 the administrator of that system for details.
 
 Content preview:  On Tuesday 08 June 2010 16:54:25 Minimiscience wrote: > de'i
    li 08 pi'e 06 pi'e 2010 la'o fy. Yoav Nir .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra. > >
   > English uses "boom" for both the big rod on the boat, and the thin rod >
    > that holds a microphone in movie-making. You never have a sentence where
    > > context doesn't make it clear which one you mean. > > .skamyxatra > >
    What if a film crew is working on a boat that gets hit by a large wave and
    > has to jibe to stay upright, and someone yells out "Watch out for the >
    boom!"? I'm pretty sure that that context, at least, is ambiguous. [...] 
 
 Content analysis details:   (1.9 points, 5.0 required)
 
  pts rule name              description
 ---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
  3.8 SINGLE_HEADER_3K       A single header contains 3K-4K characters
 -1.9 BAYES_00               BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1%
                             [score: 0.0000]
Content-Length: 984
Lines: 27

On Tuesday 08 June 2010 16:54:25 Minimiscience wrote:
> de'i li 08 pi'e 06 pi'e 2010 la'o fy. Yoav Nir .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
>
> > English uses "boom" for both the big rod on the boat, and the thin rod
> > that holds a microphone in movie-making. You never have a sentence where
> > context doesn't make it clear which one you mean.
>
> .skamyxatra
>
> What if a film crew is working on a boat that gets hit by a large wave and
> has to jibe to stay upright, and someone yells out "Watch out for the
> boom!"?  I'm pretty sure that that context, at least, is ambiguous.

"Boom" also refers to some loud noises. So if a supersonic plane is flying 
above the boat with the film crew, they can be even more confused.

As to "pinga'a", I'm not proposing that as a specific term for "boom", but if 
I had only a second to warn someone about the blofanpinga'a, it's enough to 
say.

Pierre
-- 
La sal en el mar es más que en la sangre.
Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.