Received: from mail-ob0-f189.google.com ([209.85.214.189]:45868) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1STd8p-0001k6-9w; Sun, 13 May 2012 11:03:44 -0700 Received: by obbtb18 with SMTP id tb18sf6350869obb.16 for ; Sun, 13 May 2012 11:03:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:date:from:to:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject :mime-version: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-transfer-encoding; bh=uZWJjf5+9gA79JXmljz8wPRqL0An7+8jJ12qCSiwi9k=; b=26dmqk/TH41xOXZ4cQ7pSR2FKQ15P1f7tNMOj2MrtujkYZPTDiScrp6SZQ49Zxq3rn KaVIzEsUkPBDrv+XiNEo4vULvRYReYTfyaKZtCtDmg9+c+eFzO5b3u5KEJ+yu4/hd746 DG8/LCdfGWUC/epPzGa7iSvQfu468/7IK3wZE= Received: by 10.52.70.233 with SMTP id p9mr161334vdu.1.1336932208703; Sun, 13 May 2012 11:03:28 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.52.173.225 with SMTP id bn1ls3486894vdc.6.gmail; Sun, 13 May 2012 11:03:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.70.97 with SMTP id l1mr59196vdu.15.1336932208182; Sun, 13 May 2012 11:03:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 11:03:27 -0700 (PDT) From: gleki To: lojban@googlegroups.com Message-ID: <23034195.585.1336932207672.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbih30> In-Reply-To: <4B1DC592-2C38-4B28-BADD-13BAC64D5C06@yahoo.com> References: <13765994.1942.1336566814390.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynss9> <20120509170127.GR27762@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <27554010.67.1336587846504.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yngr14> <20120509192018.GS27762@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <524651.567.1336675068460.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbak7> <28872598.911.1336731707204.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbws2> <20120511233208.GC1837@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <7475709.243.1336804273567.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbq5> <26105036.424.1336821755715.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynmb39> <4B1DC592-2C38-4B28-BADD-13BAC64D5C06@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Word changing and word creation (was Re: [lojban] bugs in jbovlaste) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: ls.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com designates internal as permitted sender) smtp.mail=gleki.is.my.name@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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / >>Lojban is not -- and never was intended to be -- a philosophical language= , in which everything received a appropriate name derived from a few "seman= tic primes". If gismu overlap, this is typically because natural languages= have found it Convenient to have more than one word in that area. Lojban = has generally followed these natural patterns (with notable exceptions, lik= e 'klama'). Probably more overall simplicity could be achieved by adding g= ismu even with overlaps (most words in English can be replaced by other wor= ds or short phrases in the intricate cycles of definitions). It's always nice to see posts from really great people here ))). Are there any drafts of what Natural Semantic Metalanguage might look like?= Will it be convenient to use in everyday life? In tokipona it's extremely hard to distinguish between e.g. "spoon" and "fo= rk". ta'onai I didn't mean that one gismu can be converted into another gismu us= ing only a handful of cmavo. I meant what la tsani and others later presented here. galfi fi lo jorne / jorne gasnu/jongau instead of lasna etc.=20 --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lo= jban/-/a_gLICOrpzoJ. 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.