From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Oct 29 09:46:57 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:46:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KvEC8-0003OU-Vp for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:46:57 -0700 Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.177]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KvEC4-0003Nx-Nc for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:46:56 -0700 Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id z25so38986ele.1 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:46:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=KITTbVpMoz4hZOM1MN0qw6SkItnDFl8jyL1iXH3avvM=; b=pvLHpGxHF9AOuSJ40Vsl95w17DRxg1eqTmvHU/+uwRa7RfcMwQWc6tPfKXMOhQ4eRU sv1MQhrnW44No3Pi4gEIrUdVhXqZ4P6ysj3zyyPRchFfB5hFvKbXkd4x4LSkhUyXexUk P9NQ+1edbPVcftLqqz28aVq0Tf6q81Lf9+Lso= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Bjb+ouSFMtfiY4eZNBVkUlxObqWQ/N8uE1Ljmer7b6gcwHvr4S8JpZaRbd183QOCfb JlQp4c4dqt7ThLcrQzZzREYsHgfQmyU2yD0UHw5NOXjXUJwfoGQE7KyPbO10dARtIv1N guJvpIOLxjpxnQQVAgsJi1ICjophNjzyIrWFs= Received: by 10.142.207.8 with SMTP id e8mr4125228wfg.195.1225298809567; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.210.8 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5627810d0810290946i6fb96dc0uc5b0e15524519d70@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:46:49 -0400 From: "Donald McLean" To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: "I gotta go feed my baby turtles" In-Reply-To: <4de8c3930810290937q7d6436daw557a7dc8ce386e8a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4de8c3930810290937q7d6436daw557a7dc8ce386e8a@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: -0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 953 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: dmclean62@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Humor is generally culture specific. I know that at my house, things that have us rolling on the floor would mean nothing to most people. So, if you want to tell an English joke, use English (note that Americans might or might not find it funny and vice-versa). Donald On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:37 PM, tijlan wrote: > from > http://publius-ovidius.livejournal.com/288241.html > > "There is an artificial language called Lojban which is based on > predicate logic. It was created to form a language in which it is > impossible to form an ambiguous sentence. That's a bit of a shame as > it would eliminate so much humor." > > Do we have any workaround to retain as much humor in Lojban as in > English in terms of ambiguity? ------------------------------------------------------------- Family photographs are a critical legacy for ourselves and our descendants. Protect that legacy with a digital backup and recovery plan.