From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Oct 22 20:55:59 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:55:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gbqut-0008Q7-9S for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:55:59 -0700 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.184]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gbquq-0008Py-3H for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:55:58 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p46so3119786nfa for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:55:54 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=aKZYRGL7O9U6D8nIo1ABpP5JcaTLuQr+mFv/aqjFuANGU9uTD/4XfBhG7G+NmiGbzjc32bl0aDmSSLP8Mgg9E+La0UsY2eueESn5vLKJsZx7a/e3vR6TVtvKLWaKLw7psVDb1jlju8R5HeN2APStzHAynLURnLptCtndgindm08= Received: by 10.78.131.8 with SMTP id e8mr6662766hud; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:55:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [71.112.110.242]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 20sm2991173huf.2006.10.22.20.55.53; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:55:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Timothy Hobbs To: lojban-beginners Subject: [lojban-beginners] conversational words for 'concerning' and 'peace'(as referring to a silence in a conversation.) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:55:56 -0700 Message-ID: <8764ebit2r.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 3653 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: tim.thelion@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners I know very little lojban. But I already think in it to some degree. I find myself saying doi in conversation after having failed to find an English word for well doi. I have found 2 other concepts, to date. which I struggle to say in English, I was wondering if lojban has the solution. Here is what I would like to say. when I am in an IRC conversation involving multiple subjects and even multiple people. I would like a doi, not only for the various people but also for the various subjects. I want to say doi djankac's question .i {the answer}. I do not think doi is appropriate here. because others are following the discussion too. many times. two people will be asking the same question. I don't want to cull away the audience with doi! What word should I use? Another word I find myself wanting, especially in conversations with a certainty female whom I hope to gain the favor of... is a word to signify a peace and quite in a conversation. something that I can say that means "I am at peace and have nothing more to say" I do not want a long utterance like that though. I want a once syllable word that can be said quietly so only one can hear...