Return-path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Personal-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on chain.digitalkingdom.org Envelope-to: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Delivery-date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:29:48 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([192.168.123.127]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OwIGy-0003yC-Af; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:29:24 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list jbovlaste); Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:28:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OwIGT-0003y6-Ew for jbovlaste-real@lojban.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:28:54 -0700 Received: from mail-bw0-f71.google.com ([209.85.214.71]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OwIGP-0003xr-4v for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:28:53 -0700 Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so363863bwz.10 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:28:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.45.199 with SMTP id g7mr897615ebf.11.1284658127116; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:28:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201009161255.46392.phma@phma.optus.nu> Message-ID: <001485e8e58d53216d049063c7a3@google.com> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:28:47 +0000 Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: crab From: rdentato@gmail.com To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485e8e58d532153049063c7a0 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rdentato@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-list: jbovlaste Content-Length: 2995 Lines: 86 --001485e8e58d532153049063c7a0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes WIth no surprise, the word "kangre'o" is very similar to the latin "cancer" (which is also the name of the zodiacal sign) and many Italians would be able to relate it to "granchio" (or cancro, the zodiacal sign again) I suspect that other Latin-based languages might do the same. I would have no clue on what a "braxiura" could be. On , Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Thursday 16 September 2010 11:55:23 A. PIEKARSKI wrote: > > Why not stick to something generally recognizable > > or based on Linnaean? > > > > fu'ivla type III: juknrbrakiura > > fu'ivla type IV: barkura/brakiura (yes, they probably need to be > > massaged). > "braxiura" (I prefer the 'x' since it's from a Greek chi) is perfectly > valid. > jbofi'e seems to think it's a lujvo (it translates it as "being > big ??(s)"), > but it's not. > I think the set of people who know the scientific name of crabs is much > smaller than the set of people who know the Spanish or Arabic name. > Pierre > -- > Don't buy a French car in Holland. It may be a citroen. --001485e8e58d532153049063c7a0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable WIth no surprise, the word "kangre'o" is very similar to the = latin "cancer" (which is also the name of the zodiacal sign) and = many Italians would be able to relate it to "granchio" (or cancro= , the zodiacal sign again) I suspect that other Latin-based languages might= do the same.

I would have no clue on what a "braxiura"= ; could be.

On , Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote= :
> On Thursday 16 September 2010 11:55:23 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
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> > Why not stick to something generally recognizable
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> > massaged).
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> "braxiura" (I prefer the 'x' si= nce it's from a Greek chi) is perfectly valid.
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> jbo= fi'e seems to think it's a lujvo (it translates it as "being b= ig ??(s)"),
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> but it's not.
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> I think the set of people who know the scientific n= ame of crabs is much
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> smaller than the set of people wh= o know the Spanish or Arabic name.
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&g= t; Pierre
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> Don't buy a Fren= ch car in Holland. It may be a citroen.
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