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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:35:54 +0300
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Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban's Biggest Problem or Why Still Nobody Speaks It
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"traffic lights" is one single concept in English, not just a combination
of two words. Even in dictionaries it is usually shown in a separate node.

2014-11-10 0:46 GMT+03:00 TR NS <transfire@gmail.com>:

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>
> On Sunday, November 9, 2014 12:54:55 PM UTC-5, stevo wrote:
>>
>> 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">&quot;traffic lights&quot; is one single concept in Englis=
h, not just a combination of two words. Even in dictionaries it is usually =
shown in a separate node.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote">2014-11-10 0:46 GMT+03:00 TR NS <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:transfire@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">transfire@gmail.com</a>&g=
t;</span>:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span class=
=3D""><br><br>On Sunday, November 9, 2014 12:54:55 PM UTC-5, stevo wrote:<b=
lockquote 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-f=
amily:courier new,monospace">Or at least a specific phrase that means &#39;=
traffic light&#39;, just as English uses not a single word, but a phrase.=
=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"font-family:courier new,monospace"><br></div></di=
v></blockquote><div>=C2=A0</div></span><div>Maybe that&#39;s the kind of co=
nstruct 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&#39=
;t see how the grammar would allow it.</div><div><br></div></div><div class=
=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">

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