Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 13:46:20 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban's Biggest Problem or Why Still Nobody Speaks It
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On Sunday, November 9, 2014 12:54:55 PM UTC-5, stevo wrote:
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> Or at least a specific phrase that means 'traffic light', just as English 
> uses not a single word, but a phrase. 
>
>  
Maybe that's the kind of construct Lojban needs --a way to use two (or 
more) words together that have a specific (gestalt?) meaning rather then a 
metaphorical one. Yet I don't see how the grammar would allow it.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><br>On Sunday, November 9, 2014 12:54:55 PM UTC-5, ste=
vo wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: =
0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div=
 style=3D"font-family:courier new,monospace">Or at least a specific phrase =
that means 'traffic light', just as English uses not a single word, but a p=
hrase.&nbsp;</div><div style=3D"font-family:courier new,monospace"><br></di=
v></div></blockquote><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Maybe that's the kind of constru=
ct Lojban needs --a way to use two (or more) words together that have a spe=
cific (gestalt?) meaning rather then a metaphorical one. Yet I don't see ho=
w the grammar would allow it.</div><div><br></div></div>

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