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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Mark E. Shoulson <mark@kli.org> wrote:

> 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?


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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Mark E.=
 Shoulson <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mark@kli.org" target=3D"_=
blank">mark@kli.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"=
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<div class=3D"im">On 09/14/2012 03:00 PM, .arpis. wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
It seems to me against the spirit of lojban to try to define a lujvo to mea=
n something so specific (and culturally specific) as &quot;yacht&quot;; I&#=
39;d use {surblo} to mean &quot;boat used for relaxation&quot; and let cont=
ext disambiguate whether I meant cruise ship or yacht.<br>


</blockquote></div>
I have yet to be convinced that simply {bloti} isn&#39;t sufficient. =A0It =
depends on the context, of course, but even if you need to say it&#39;s a y=
acht 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?</blockqu=
ote>

<div><br></div><div>+1</div><div><br></div><div>stevo=A0</div><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
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~mark</font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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