Received: from mail-wi0-f189.google.com ([209.85.212.189]:54471) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SPWfK-000575-JY; Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:15 -0700 Received: by wibhq12 with SMTP id hq12sf439101wib.16 for ; Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=3NmT2Uy3k0tZ+g7cMEwRr2umI727FllDjtsx0QoJ0D0=; b=4PgdS54ZOhYV0ny3/2Ks8E1VLrj9ZLYrUob3RxnCMOHHDkiu5GO8wTTyrQVDUKN9dx P6SStRRv0AZ2A93CLGEe5JJxxzAjTgb4NyuOVo7J2efxNO9SLJj1uZgsNCiPv3dFWiXu UbP9oudGylq2yvGV/Ai/1pc07Yyb0rm4C1Gqw= Received: by 10.204.149.212 with SMTP id u20mr478908bkv.24.1335954002738; Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:02 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.130.145 with SMTP id t17ls221378bks.8.gmail; Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.149.210 with SMTP id u18mr1098030bkv.1.1335954001063; Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.149.210 with SMTP id u18mr1098029bkv.1.1335954001040; Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lb0-f177.google.com (mail-lb0-f177.google.com [209.85.217.177]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hy18si1746513bkc.2.2012.05.02.03.20.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.217.177 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.217.177; Received: by lbbgg6 with SMTP id gg6so368144lbb.8 for ; Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.102.136 with SMTP id fo8mr10565094lbb.106.1335954000600; Wed, 02 May 2012 03:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.22.68 with HTTP; Wed, 2 May 2012 03:20:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120502091706.GH21758@nvg.org> References: <20120502050927.GH30708@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <20120502080306.GG21758@nvg.org> <20120502091706.GH21758@nvg.org> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 04:20:00 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Baby words: "be careful of X" From: Jonathan Jones To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: eyeonus@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.217.177 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=eyeonus@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0401fa33a4600404bf0b070a X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --f46d0401fa33a4600404bf0b070a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 03:03:52AM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote: > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Arnt Richard Johansen > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 10:09:27PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > > > > The specific example was "Be carefull pulling on that toy; it's > > > > going to spring back and hit you and that will hurt". > > > > > > A reasonably precise rendition might be ralci+tarti or ralci+pilno. > > > > Those both seem to be the wrong sense of "careful" to me. > > That is, they mean careful as in "handle with care", not "watch out". > > As a non-native speaker, I might have been unaware of the subtle shades o= f > meaning of the word =93careful=94 (although even after consulting two > dictionaries, I'm not convinced there is a clear distinction between the > two). > Well, to elaborate, "Be careful transporting that, it's made of class" means to be careful not to break it- the danger is to the the object. Whereas "Be careful, the stove is hot" means to be careful interacting with it- the danger is to you. So, basically the difference is whether the person you're talking to is the lo ckape or the lo se ckape, approximately. > In any case, taken in context, Robin's example seems more like an > exhortation to handle the toy with care, since watching out isn't likely = to > help =96 if it does spring back, there won't be enough time to react. > > -- > Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org/ > Please Note: Some Quantum Physics Theories Suggest That When the > Consumer Is Not Directly Observing This Product, It May Cease to Exist > or Will Exist Only in a Vague and Undetermined State. > --Susan Hewitt and Edward Subitzky > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > > --=20 mu'o mi'e .aionys. .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den. --f46d0401fa33a4600404bf0b070a Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Arnt Richard Joh= ansen <arj@nvg.org> wrote:
On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 03:03:52AM -0600, Jonathan Jones = wrote:
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 10:09:27PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:=
> > >
> > > The specific example was "Be ca= refull pulling on that toy; it's
> > > going to spring back and hit you and that will hurt". > >
> > A reasonably precise rendition might be ralci+tarti or ralci+piln= o.
>
> Those both seem to be the wrong sense of "careful" to me. > That is, they mean careful as in "handle with care", not &qu= ot;watch out".

As a non-native speaker, I might have been unaware of the subtle shad= es of meaning of the word =93careful=94 (although even after consulting two= dictionaries, I'm not convinced there is a clear distinction between t= he two).

Well, to elaborate, "Be careful transporting tha= t, it's made of class" means to be careful not to break it- the da= nger is to the the object. Whereas "Be careful, the stove is hot"= means to be careful interacting with it- the danger is to you.

So, basically the difference is whether the person you're talking t= o is the lo ckape or the lo se ckape, approximately.
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In any case, taken in context, Robin's example seems more like an exhor= tation to handle the toy with care, since watching out isn't likely to = help =96 if it does spring back, there won't be enough time to react.

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Please Note: Some Quantum Physics Theories Suggest That When the
Consumer Is Not Directly Observing This Product, It May Cease to Exist
or Will Exist Only in a Vague and Undetermined State.
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0--S= usan Hewitt and Edward Subitzky

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