From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Oct 29 10:41:25 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:41:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KvF2r-00083N-7K for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:41:25 -0700 Received: from mailgw2a.lmco.com ([192.91.147.7]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KvF2n-00082o-Is for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:41:25 -0700 Received: from emss03g01.ems.lmco.com (relay3.ems.lmco.com [141.240.4.144])by mailgw2a.lmco.com (LM-6) with ESMTP id m9THfKoQ008462for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:41:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from CONVERSION2-DAEMON.lmco.com by lmco.com (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31428) id <0K9I00J01H4WHT@lmco.com> for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:41:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from EMSS02I00.us.lmco.com ([166.29.2.48]) by lmco.com (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31428) with ESMTP id <0K9I00A3FH4LDF@lmco.com> for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:41:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from emss02m20.us.lmco.com ([166.29.2.189]) by EMSS02I00.us.lmco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:41:08 -0600 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:40:35 -0600 From: "Rostowfske, Luke J" Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: "I gotta go feed my baby turtles" In-reply-to: <5627810d0810290946i6fb96dc0uc5b0e15524519d70@mail.gmail.com> To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Message-id: <6E2DF1575F3F2043AC2E1E8E56C5853D0CCAD083@emss02m20.us.lmco.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thread-Topic: [lojban-beginners] Re: "I gotta go feed my baby turtles" Thread-Index: Ack55hvI760Fon7ARv6hpa3EHjyUjAABxj1g Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: References: <4de8c3930810290937q7d6436daw557a7dc8ce386e8a@mail.gmail.com> <5627810d0810290946i6fb96dc0uc5b0e15524519d70@mail.gmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Oct 2008 17:41:08.0888 (UTC) FILETIME=[86D49180:01C939ED] X-Spam-Score: -4.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: -39 X-Spam-Bar: ---- X-archive-position: 956 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: luke.j.rostowfske@lmco.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners I guess more than jokes, what about riddles? Are there any good lojban riddles? I know they are not as popular as they once were. Respectfully, Luke -----Original Message----- From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of Donald McLean Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:47 AM To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: "I gotta go feed my baby turtles" 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.