Received: from mail-ig0-f184.google.com ([209.85.213.184]:33007) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XnWhZ-00071S-Q6 for lojban-list-archive@lojban.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:55:06 -0800 Received: by mail-ig0-f184.google.com with SMTP id r10sf1268862igi.11 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:54:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject: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=5YB0wLEiEbbX9RL/hUTv6viomfGp4KBBP7W1l0qSfx4=; b=QSdzRfl7Z/qrTpCXwHJx/zKYZq01hOnvJeDKNZyKqwsX3sWd8reyt70I871WB/U0TF Cg/YlHESi4SerRZKC2R5ELjZavdpKJfo+T6E6Acyjmzt2hSvoJiR2QCjNvcNn/9dUPgP vM/OSiJc2WDO0FyqTb5mXpRSZnRqZzOBvEnrs2zfKzbaQoYuI1SUEXZuFFQLfaxLSCw1 e/EiptWCC+Zp8pk9JHOp+H3KIZUvaXr9sZohcXJbaq8c1wqYb/FYG2jGhkgDBv0UhKUE cPbugSlAbnIhw0SqSOgtH3n7xFUHrMFVCoNfuRwtavrJldMY96sP+836GZKOd8g6DViM JJFQ== X-Received: by 10.50.65.33 with SMTP id u1mr181356igs.17.1415555695460; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:54:55 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.107.168.5 with SMTP id r5ls1321602ioe.13.gmail; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:54:55 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.66.222.135 with SMTP id qm7mr21352961pac.20.1415555695123; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:54:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-qa0-x22a.google.com (mail-qa0-x22a.google.com. [2607:f8b0:400d:c00::22a]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id kb8si3510171qcb.1.2014.11.09.09.54.55 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:54:55 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:400d:c00::22a as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:400d:c00::22a; Received: by mail-qa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id k15so4402931qaq.15 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:54:55 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.93.195 with SMTP id d61mr35185939qge.28.1415555694957; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:54:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.84.199 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Nov 2014 09:54:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <544D34B1.7000000@gmx.de> <20141026183320.GD13145@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <3ba6753d-105d-4717-bc28-70d2e643aa38@googlegroups.com> From: MorphemeAddict Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 12:54:24 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban's Biggest Problem or Why Still Nobody Speaks It To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: lytlesw@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:400d:c00::22a as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lytlesw@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=001a113b95e25b9bf3050770bedd X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_bar: - --001a113b95e25b9bf3050770bedd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Or at least a specific phrase that means 'traffic light', just as English uses not a single word, but a phrase. stevo On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 6:51 AM, And Rosta wrote: > > 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. > -- 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. --001a113b95e25b9bf3050770bedd Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Or at least a specific phrase that means 'traffic light&= #39;, just as English uses not a single word, but a phrase.=C2=A0


On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 6:51 AM, And Rosta <and.rosta@gmail.com&g= t; wrote:


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 eq= uivalent of the English word 'traffic light' must be shorter than &= #39;traffic light'. They're saying that just as English does, Lojba= n needs a word that means 'traffic light'.

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