Received: from mail-qc0-f186.google.com ([209.85.216.186]:47873) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XnR23-0004Iv-1m for lojban-list-archive@lojban.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:51:52 -0800 Received: by mail-qc0-f186.google.com with SMTP id b13sf895404qcw.3 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:51:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=Zyr7xj2CdkaHeb8bSqiiw+Eiybyt0XJqrwqRO6tAZKg=; b=JCqCR0gB/kllZDGz0oAZXxVTB2mSRpkoWzTzEcrXQ5ondJLR7FpctIzg6TlNlxGkx9 Z08eYRNF0LSosN64e1rdgHvcHzITWx4xipa9oBWzAl7VnzO5qPT1ZBw45CKEC6ov53i4 udDMJTaHfVWfZNXfTRdey+0p6bED03WXprRUMbBuvoDG2ukblGCNCjQHk6tqpFGotUbB M999gnD5lYLXn2t28JE+dDO1+wGYl1L8s/kw+SW4464c9VlNrQp81KgoVd03VHkBYs/E 5NyXigGKpbwY+J0t6L0bcLpX15AvAS6xAcBxqZ3x59+LWV6BOs65gle+ni1mI/QRIzcL 62+w== X-Received: by 10.50.222.44 with SMTP id qj12mr169685igc.9.1415533900551; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:51:40 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.50.43.168 with SMTP id x8ls1223857igl.9.canary; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:51:39 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.46.1 with SMTP id r1mr13128809igm.7.1415533899967; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:51:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-oi0-x234.google.com (mail-oi0-x234.google.com. [2607:f8b0:4003:c06::234]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gy6si42478igb.1.2014.11.09.03.51.39 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:51:39 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::234 as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:4003:c06::234; Received: by mail-oi0-f52.google.com with SMTP id u20so4278847oif.11 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:51:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.92.234 with SMTP id cp10mr1549508obb.53.1415533899359; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:51:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.74.195 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Nov 2014 03:51:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.74.195 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Nov 2014 03:51:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <544D34B1.7000000@gmx.de> <20141026183320.GD13145@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <3ba6753d-105d-4717-bc28-70d2e643aa38@googlegroups.com> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 11:51:39 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban's Biggest Problem or Why Still Nobody Speaks It From: And Rosta To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: and.rosta@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::234 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=and.rosta@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=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: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c305043d2c8405076babc3 X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_bar: - --001a11c305043d2c8405076babc3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 9 Nov 2014 04:34, "karis" wrote: > Why must Lojban have a single short word for traffic light when English doesn't? I don't think anybody is saying the the Lojban equivalent of the English word 'traffic light' must be shorter than 'traffic light'. They're saying that just as English does, Lojban needs a word that means 'traffic light'. --And. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --001a11c305043d2c8405076babc3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On 9 Nov 2014 04:34, "karis" <comcaresvcs@gmail.com> wrote:
>=C2=A0 Why must Lojban have a single short word for traffic light when = English doesn't?

I don't think anybody is saying the the Lojban equivalen= t of the English word 'traffic light' must be shorter than 'tra= ffic light'. They're saying that just as English does, Lojban needs= a word that means 'traffic light'.

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