From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Wed Aug 01 11:09:44 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:09:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IGIdW-0001Yb-Fn for llg-members@lojban.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:09:39 -0700 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so273812uge for ; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:09:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=k30n32tEya9Oz65L9YmX98FBjvZkpe6FnY9rE2Yi3ba5WrF/6DXaG5rGYVX+eZwfx6Q4WuPIb+VWTd2ZACvv63Sqzx9FgwrFu67oLkHT9jJo12u6D2gHSVzQFDdocDVRe4x8HKCDThevs+HvILDPEM2eE8BurcwHP/KTWF8PcMY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=Mt9sEj86EpZDvpkuSQ/qrBiLGZ/1d4e+2oHJ8isMZERROJ2z+RAbykp854hgdcmjUM+WEkwQuU7mkJGi+Sry2PiTEiOi6Re01C5phAqgAal7+Y+J5kJTw6y+OumMrDzce9Xld/h4xhrtluH7W242lzbg+hLlzNSYTEZqrrOkm90= Received: by 10.78.136.9 with SMTP id j9mr287252hud.1185991767971; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.118.16 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:09:27 -0400 From: "Matt Arnold" To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Pirate terminology MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 310 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members New subject line. On 8/1/07, Mark E. Shoulson wrote: > 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 > > > > > > >