Received: from mail-pa0-f61.google.com ([209.85.220.61]:35709) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TGycH-0001K4-7s; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:54:05 -0700 Received: by padfa11 with SMTP id fa11sf658259pad.16 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:53:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references: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; bh=RgcMjXmLZkM0xqnnF5+paTVpOxRsblEf7bh5sibjD0k=; b=bwQ/leWsj/kvO1N7zprbZSkv/69wYFejP7HX6iQ9aDzSe1pjXO0Tfv1vQMiJjbmFe3 GOsCglWS8W4q3yhA44blM8aT7GPSlI8aMNqInN1VtfDxDVnOmWDZ4JAUwtuximbnoh8j 1QV7EdtjZx5XHLHZoGb9PPp1n/6uZlfBCy4qub4h/3jq4XL2eaqABappPNDhIsUNEX9L 82SHY3rW0ibSFYw1wpng3N8tj00I1TS1yuBRnAuiUg1Q71vYUANqDfJmALWz4DY1W4uK LJ10r5oGdIMjyyOyy2nVPHfzjL5DETjGIoWEI62pNvDgNjLWYmgnOPG4d0/H0CMXYDrD HuCA== Received: by 10.236.192.164 with SMTP id i24mr509398yhn.14.1348692830526; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:53:50 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.101.7.31 with SMTP id k31ls29117ani.6.gmail; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:53:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.200.194 with SMTP id z42mr1242995yhn.13.1348692829792; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:53:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.200.194 with SMTP id z42mr1242990yhn.13.1348692829729; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:53:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chausie ([2001:470:8:42:2c0:f0ff:fe3b:b5b5]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id l49si904960yhe.1.2012.09.26.13.53.48; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:53:48 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 2001:470:8:42:2c0:f0ff:fe3b:b5b5 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) client-ip=2001:470:8:42:2c0:f0ff:fe3b:b5b5; Received: from caracal.localnet (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C9101F199 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:53:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Lujvo for 'Cryonics'? Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:53:48 -0400 Message-ID: <4366979.pgLWrfoqRJ@caracal> User-Agent: KMail/4.8.4 (Linux/3.2.0-30-generic; KDE/4.8.4; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: phma@phma.optus.nu X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 2001:470:8:42:2c0:f0ff:fe3b:b5b5 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) smtp.mail=phma@phma.optus.nu 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 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:46:55 DataPacRat wrote: > In a discussion on another mailing list, the topic of Lojban has come > up in passing; and, as the closest thing on that list to an expert > (which isn't all that close), I was asked what the Lojban for three > phrases was: "Watch out for the bus", "Call an ambulance", and "Call > his cryonics company". > > I can figure out the first two with only moderate effort (eg, "ckape! > .i sorprema'e!" sounds about right); but the third involves a concept > that I haven't found any existing translation for, and I haven't > managed to figure out a decent lujvo for. It's even trickier if I try > to come up with a word which would be as accurate as possible to the > beliefs of those who actually have signed up for cryonics with a hope > of a non-zero chance of eventual revival (Whether or not that belief > is justified isn't my concern at the moment, merely trying to properly > express it.), which makes mrori'i seem less appropriate to use as an > inspiration. > > Might you be able to offer any suggestions? I suggest: .i sorpeka .o'i .i ko minde tu'a lo mickarce .i ko fonta'a le dujralte kagni. "sorpeka" is short for "sorprekarce". For "cryogenics" I'd say "lekske". Pierre -- I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales. -- 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.