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=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_DKIM_INVALID, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=no 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: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:24:20 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([192.168.123.127]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PMMcz-0007IV-SN; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:23:54 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list jbovlaste); Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:23:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PMMc8-0007I3-87 for jbovlaste-real@lojban.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:23:01 -0800 Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com ([209.85.214.181]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PMMc0-0007HR-6Q for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:22:59 -0800 Received: by iwn3 with SMTP id 3so4565100iwn.40 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:22:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zyrzLteUJQsLZzfbx11ExsypmpO69VQSDKeJcRZ5Rmo=; b=EnxwJ/RFdyAz4cgvmKQQDw7ISKZ37FNO7YxrRQ461drv59ioXIORWsCYNwEKoCWi5P TEHgp7d7XX0P6SN4yRuI6X2RfYHUjgAP79r5/MZwKA2sQkzDljepj9FjHoeAsXLp2ZT8 ZAUOvU1PyDQeymkyBbix0V/KpInAEASyfaT60= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=Dfb5XIdkKvpXauj1uupOwZFizQEPEVUx1yW2pf4T6yiE5v+eLZTzG3IQpyraJQgAqC 4/TdMBI/drEq6/QUjDukSHr3/TW9DMlO8ZYiRoVCwR0QXKCvTv4NAhGoDB0McWuyknED cmZUcyQlzYozgGLdSU+R3WOizApffHTLou64A= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.172.138 with SMTP id n10mr1039841icz.141.1290871370981; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:22:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.180.133 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:22:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201011262248.53559.phma@phma.optus.nu> References: <201011250037.05069.phma@phma.optus.nu> <20101126145735.GT4029@lake.fysh.org> <201011262248.53559.phma@phma.optus.nu> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:22:50 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0wY48me8AnYn26JYD8gm91VCVDY Message-ID: Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: kunkemgerplucpi From: Craig Daniel 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: teucer@pobox.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-list: jbovlaste Content-Length: 562 Lines: 17 On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Friday 26 November 2010 09:57:35 Zefram wrote: >> Michael Turniansky wrote: >> >>   I'm guessing, knowing my etymology, that a gerplucpi is a canary.  But >> > >> >what the heck is a mineral canary? >> >> Mining canary?  As used to detect low oxygen levels? > > Yes. But sometimes one is called "the canary in the coal mine" when one is > neither a literal canary nor in a literal mine. Then one is being referred to by an English idiom that is not remotely culturally neutral.