From lojban-beginners+bncCLr6ktCfBBCK8LLlBBoEuW03KA@googlegroups.com Wed Oct 06 10:55:51 2010 Received: from mail-yx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.213.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P3YDU-0002R8-6m; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:50 -0700 Received: by yxs7 with SMTP id 7sf6029324yxs.16 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:received:received:date:from:to :subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version :in-reply-to:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help :list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-disposition; bh=Ixjrv+MI0BZ/vhdek3cfC6aeaSTQn1rSuM4u4NJlhBk=; b=0siPRmiU/6JaYCsUyZ47jeM9jrrIOoXQHU1Ba2IhYiXcylpaubyCgzoltMNz6ZUUzy YwNC23gOrLjyfwJS8Jqw847ppYLf0CZA3eqvrQltoY7736T2G6Wqh4zD1DT7BNmOZhkE Xa0MGD/4A8Cx7H1BuM10ddU9S+M2bxeMdx8ac= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-disposition; b=oNr85Lf+KfZC/3F6WCdUPJ7KvayYjJxFm+nEtc+yO3UY4WrETU13hOTrZpjFNTHPeB CKIcdvuShlYYGksLITZlMHsE2prXAzdyxp1L6X707EqyzabA38Lw79tBsiog5hk90D6Y ovQ1cnm8pZSnuaP3eg/6TMNYL4IdlsMGBThxU= Received: by 10.90.19.26 with SMTP id 26mr249542ags.45.1286387722909; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:22 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.231.125.77 with SMTP id x13ls268387ibr.1.p; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.192.73 with SMTP id dp9mr3429215ibb.16.1286387722383; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.192.73 with SMTP id dp9mr3429214ibb.16.1286387722364; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-iw0-f180.google.com (mail-iw0-f180.google.com [209.85.214.180]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id e4si710930ibc.0.2010.10.06.10.55.22; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:22 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 209.85.214.180 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of alanpost@sunflowerriver.org) client-ip=209.85.214.180; Received: by mail-iw0-f180.google.com with SMTP id 40so250772iwn.25 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.191.74 with SMTP id dl10mr14281220ibb.157.1286387722136; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sunflowerriver.org (c-68-35-167-179.hsd1.nm.comcast.net [68.35.167.179]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id in12sm1158904ibb.3.2010.10.06.10.55.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:55:18 -0600 From: ".alyn.post." To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: A suggestion for the Lojban names of weekdays and months. Message-ID: <20101006175518.GH24166@alice.local> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com References: <84c5d2b7-de8e-4789-83f3-f5aebb028d46@g21g2000prn.googlegroups.com> <20101006154504.GC24166@alice.local> <20101006174737.GG24166@alice.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Original-Sender: alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 209.85.214.180 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of alanpost@sunflowerriver.org) smtp.mail=alanpost@sunflowerriver.org Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 01:51:35PM -0400, Michael Turniansky wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:47 PM, .alyn.post. > <[1]alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org> wrote: > > What makes color superior to phonetic ('a', 'e', ...) progression? > What makes color superior to texture (smooth => rough) progression? > What makes color superior to temperature (cold => hot) progression? > > Or, in a single question, is color sufficiently arbitrary, or is it > equally arbitrary to other sensation scales? I see your argument of > color vs. numbers, but what is the argument for color vs. other > sensory progression? > > -Alan > > Ahhh... but that's the beauty of color, it's NOT a "progression". It is a > circle. So you don't have one culture saying "it should start on THIS > day", and another saying "it should start on THAT day"... > That objection aside, I have no preference for ANY circular, culturally > unbiased system. It was just the first to be suggested, as opposed to > number, which have a beginning and end, just like your examples, and > "arbitrary" substance/diety naming. > --gejyspa Ah, I was thinking of color in the sense of "wavelength" rather than color in the sense of "color wheel." -Alan -- .i ko djuno fi le do sevzi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. 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