From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Aug 16 04:32:16 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:32:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1E4zg0-0002PY-2T for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:32:16 -0700 Received: from imo-m20.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.1]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1E4zfw-0002PR-Jf for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:32:15 -0700 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-m20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r4.1.) id j.15c.56781f40 (4552) for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:32:08 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <15c.56781f40.303328b7@wmconnect.com> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:32:07 EDT Subject: [lojban-beginners] cf To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_15c.56781f40.303328b7_boundary" X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 1735 X-Approved-By: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.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: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners --part1_15c.56781f40.303328b7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/16/2005 5:24:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > la cuncuxnas. wrote: > > coi rodo > > > > I feel a bit dumb for asking, but...well, looking in the gismu list and > > other such wordlists, almost all the entries have "cf." followed by a > > list of gismu which, upon further investigation, are related to the > > original gismu in an unclear manner. (Unclear to me, at least.) What > > exactly is meant by that cf.? > > I think that means "compare with" -- I assume it comes from Latin > like i.e. (id est) or e.g. (exempli gratia), but I am really not > sure. > > > Hal > Yes, that's what the abbreviation means (short for Latin "confer"), but what are the comparison criteria? How does a gismu get into the cf list? stevo --part1_15c.56781f40.303328b7_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 8/16/2005 5:24:11 AM=20= Eastern Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


la cuncuxnas. wrote:
> coi rodo
>=20
> I feel a bit dumb for asking, but...well, looking in the gismu list= and=20
> other such wordlists, almost all the entries have "cf." followed by= a=20
> list of gismu which, upon further investigation, are related to the= =20
> original gismu in an unclear manner.  (Unclear to me, at least= .)  What=20
> exactly is meant by that cf.?

I think that means "compare with" -- I assume it comes from Latin
like i.e. (id est) or e.g. (exempli gratia), but I am really not
sure.


Hal


Yes, that's what the abbreviation means (short for Latin "confer"), but=20= what are the comparison criteria?  How does a gismu get into the cf lis= t?

stevo

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