Received: from mail-gg0-f189.google.com ([209.85.161.189]:43937) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1STGE5-00010H-II; Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:34 -0700 Received: by ggke5 with SMTP id e5sf3120050ggk.16 for ; Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; 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:user-agent :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:content-disposition; bh=Ryi8HgH3vz23MiU0l9767oJ+hr92LX+xyTnrN0G03pU=; b=gOWsYBRgf9IPgU03IStnfUIM59g3w9wLhiZ/tQ2u/Akhj5/kaJyLSFYP38HabIHbvN BAO1db0R5KUgQJi8BpJNxizTQXOrJ1RiXsCZYNCWkty+EgDOdHYkSbwM2rDkxHizTDgg CzGY4Qw0EdTC6D9ESt/0ofxsk7WQW/UMb52K0= Received: by 10.68.229.225 with SMTP id st1mr38335pbc.10.1336844122695; Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:22 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.211.202 with SMTP id ne10ls7449187pbc.7.gmail; Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.195.165 with SMTP id if5mr2083391pbc.1.1336844122298; Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.195.165 with SMTP id if5mr2083390pbc.1.1336844122291; Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from stodi.digitalkingdom.org (mail.digitalkingdom.org. [173.13.139.236]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gp10si6459848pbc.2.2012.05.12.10.35.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:22 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.236 as permitted sender) client-ip=173.13.139.236; Received: from rlpowell by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1STGDx-00010B-8R for lojban@googlegroups.com; Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:21 -0700 Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 10:35:20 -0700 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Etymology of future gismu (if they are to be created) Message-ID: <20120512173520.GJ1837@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@googlegroups.com References: <7321907.260.1336829133552.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynz24> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7321907.260.1336829133552.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynz24> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Original-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.236 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 06:25:33AM -0700, gleki wrote: > So why not expand the algorithm to more than 6 languages and may > be even up to 20-30 languages as these days (as opposed to 1987) > it's not a problem to find the sounding of the selected gismu > concept for every language. It's not? It sure sounds pretty problematic to me. I don't read Devenagari or Hanzi, for starters. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. .i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i danfu lu na go'i li'u .e lu go'i li'u .i ji'a go'i lu na'e go'i li'u .e lu go'i na'i li'u .e lu no'e go'i li'u .e lu to'e go'i li'u .e lu lo mamta be do cu sofybakni li'u -- 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=en.