From mark@kli.org Wed Aug 01 10:14:21 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pi.meson.org ([66.134.26.207]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IGHm0-0008Uo-UR for llg-members@lojban.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:14:18 -0700 Received: (qmail 822 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2007 17:14:04 -0000 Received: from nagas.meson.org (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (1000@192.168.1.101) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 1 Aug 2007 17:14:04 -0000 Message-ID: <46B0BF5B.4060900@kli.org> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:14:03 -0400 From: "Mark E. Shoulson" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: Create Lojban geocaching coins? References: <46AFD145.7020902@lojban.org> <200708011115.54956.phma@phma.optus.nu> <925d17560708010849h4d95c8f4x7a0fd1a6a0601ba8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <925d17560708010849h4d95c8f4x7a0fd1a6a0601ba8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 X-Spam-Score-Int: 1 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 308 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mark@kli.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members Jorge Llambías wrote: > On 8/1/07, Pierre Abbat wrote: > >> On Tuesday 31 July 2007 20:18, Bob LeChevalier wrote: >> >>> Nora suggests that we put a large "bi" on one side and "zo'o'o .e lo >>> botpi be lo xalka" on the other, but she says that this isn't a serious >>> suggestion. >>> >> Shouldn't that be "jikru"? Or is there a more specific word? >> > > {jikru} makes more sense. > > Also, {.e lo botpi be lo xalka} is not a grammatical fragment, although > perhaps it should be made grammatical given that it seems to be a > popular mistake. I've seen things like {to .e ko'a toi} a few times. > > Also, if you're coining a new cmavo for "yo ho ho", why {zo'o'o} > rather than {io'o'o}? It can't be an extension of {zo'o} because > "yo ho ho" is not a mark of humor. > > I was able to track down "yo ho ho and a bottle of rum", but where > does the {bi} come from? > Took me a few seconds on that one too. "Pieces of eight" are a coin long associated with pirates and pirate treasure. It actually refers to a Spanish dollar, which was divided into eight pieces. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_Eight_(piracy) ~mark > mu'o mi'e xorxes > >