From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Sep 07 11:46:48 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1ED4wa-0000om-GS for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:46:48 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.197]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1ED4wT-0000oe-UG for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:46:48 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i21so880559wra for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:46:39 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Z1RCXPi7X9NWM9DGR+Efr+TPTJQEhnsmahlInTQNlzWxwleIXwf8Sg/DTmFcLpF/6rTamwbJ+YdBplGnD4Zo4mRz6r6SiPYG/i8Inc+zRbEDyv/gTZoguiiakMLTnFaN0szFnVrmnXTW7MyJ4ZkIUPIciTJzDYEpNvJVD07Ctzw= Received: by 10.54.52.59 with SMTP id z59mr5373898wrz; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.140.6 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 11:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:46:39 -0400 From: Matt Arnold To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Gender trouble, (was Re: Re: Newbie Intro) In-Reply-To: <431F31A6.6020600@handgranat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_21464_1274987.1126118799637" References: <431A09AD.2000202@hypermetrics.com> <431C57A3.2010909@handgranat.org> <431F31A6.6020600@handgranat.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 2010 X-Approved-By: matt.mattarn@gmail.com X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners ------=_Part_21464_1274987.1126118799637 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline This is true. I would know some trans-sexuals and hermaphrodites among my= =20 friends who would agree. -epkat On 9/7/05, Sunnan wrote: >=20 > Matt Arnold wrote: >=20 > > Geek used to be a bad thing, someone with low social skills, but not > > anymore. > > "To geek. Verb. To enjoy an intense interest in an obscure specialty > > of difficulty." This is what geek means. Here is a Wikipedia article: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeks > > Therefore, if anyone studies Lojban, they will probably meet this > > definition. > > -epkat >=20 > It wasn't a complaint against the geek thing. I'm somewhat of a geek and > used to be even more. It was about the sorority/fraternity thing; where > I suggested pe'atamne instead. >=20 > > > > On 9/5/05, *Sunnan* > > wrote: > > > > coifi'i doi nei,omis > > > > Matt Arnold wrote: > > > > > I am 15, am from Australia, and > > > > am NOT a geek (*gasp* surprise!)...I consider myself to be a > > > comfortable > > > > black-box user with amateur HTML skills, but no further. > > > Haha... if you're into Lojban, I'm sorry, you're a geek. ;) > > > > > > > > > I agree. Welcome to the noble fraternity of geeks (and sorority, let > > > us not forget Nora K.B.). > > > > And well, others. Can't we just be pe'atamne? > > mi'e snan > > > > >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------=_Part_21464_1274987.1126118799637 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline This is true. I would know some trans-sexuals and hermaphrodites among my f= riends who would agree.
-epkat

On 9/7/05, Sunnan <sunnan= @handgranat.org> wrote:
Matt Arnold wrote:

> Geek used to be a bad thing, someone with lo= w social skills, but not
> anymore.
> "To geek. Verb. To e= njoy an intense interest in an obscure specialty
> of difficulty.&quo= t; This is what geek means. Here is a Wikipedia article:
> http://en.wikipedia= .org/wiki/Geeks
> Therefore, if anyone studies Lojban, they will = probably meet this
> definition.
> -epkat

It wasn't a co= mplaint against the geek thing. I'm somewhat of a geek and
used to be even more. It was about the sorority/fraternity thing; where=
I suggested pe'atamne instead.

>
> On 9/5/05, *Sunnan* = <sunnan@handgranat.org
> <mailto:sunnan@handgranat.= org>> wrote:
>
>     coifi'i doi = nei,omis
>
>     Matt Arnold wrote:
>=
>     >     I am 15, am f= rom Australia, and
>     >     > am NOT a= geek (*gasp* surprise!)...I consider myself to be a
>  &nb= sp;  >     comfortable
>   = ;  >     > black-box user with amateur HTML = skills, but no further.
>     >  &nb= sp;  Haha... if you're into Lojban, I'm sorry, you're a geek. &nb= sp;;)
>     >
>     ><= br>>     > I agree. Welcome to the noble fraterni= ty of geeks (and sorority, let
>     > us not = forget Nora K.B.).
>
>     And well, others= . Can't we just be pe'atamne?
>     mi'e snan
>
>



<= br>

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