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On 09/14/2012 03:00 PM, .arpis. wrote:
> It seems to me against the spirit of lojban to try to define a lujvo 
> to mean something so specific (and culturally specific) as "yacht"; 
> I'd use {surblo} to mean "boat used for relaxation" and let context 
> disambiguate whether I meant cruise ship or yacht.
I have yet to be convinced that simply {bloti} isn't sufficient.  It 
depends on the context, of course, but even if you need to say it's a 
yacht and not just a boat, why not _explain what you mean_, in lujvo, 
tanru, even whole phrases, and then just call it a {bloti} from then on?

~mark

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