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Another year, another April Fool's.

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 1:17 AM, Gleki Arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Lojban language has long suffered from having root words each representing
> a mishmash of sounds from words with similar meaning in 6 major language of
> the world.
> E.g. take {brife} meaning "wind". A computer algorithm created it by
> mixing Chinese "fen" and English "breeze".
>
> What is more {brife} can mean both "wind" and "breeze". In other words you
> get words that neither sound like words in the source languages, nor have
> the same meaning as in the source languages.
>
> Sooner or later Lojban community had to deal with this case. The solution,
> which enters into force today, has long been expected.
>
> The whole lexicon of Lojban is recreated by direct borrowing from root
> languages. If a word in the source language has the form that Lojban
> morpholofy allows for then the word is borrowed as it is pronounced without
> any magical tricks.
>
> E.g. from now on the Lojban word for "sticky" is .... {stiki}. It sticks
> in one's mind almost immediately.
>
> Or take the new Lojban word for "work". It's {trabaxa} and pronounced as
> Spanish trabajar (just without the final "r"). You no longer have to work
> hard to memorize Lojban words. And {asxola}? It means "asshole", you
> bastard.
>
> The word for "breeze" is now {briza} and it means "breeze" only, not just
> any kind of wind.
>
> Hey, French speakers! In your language "glagla" means "very cold" whereas
> in Lojban it means "very hot". No more worries. Since now in Lojban
> {glagla} can mean both "hot" and "cold" depending on context.
>
> As you can see from the table below some core concepts have several
> candidate forms. And some concepts don't have new forms. Missing forms will
> be created by Lojban community during the following year. And you can help
> this process! Make your proposals now, and who knows maybe your proposal
> will win.
> So that's it. The whole lexicon of Lojban is set free. Take a gulp of
> fresh air, which is now breezing through semantic space.
>
> Table: https://jbotcan.org/lojban/en/lojban-liberated/
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Another year, another April Fool&#39;s.<br></div><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 1:1=
7 AM, Gleki Arxokuna <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:gleki.is.my.na=
me@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> w=
rote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;borde=
r-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Lojban langua=
ge has long suffered from having root words each representing a mishmash of=
 sounds from words with similar meaning in 6 major language of the world.</=
div><div>E.g. take {brife} meaning &quot;wind&quot;. A computer algorithm c=
reated it by mixing Chinese &quot;fen&quot; and English &quot;breeze&quot;.=
</div><div><br></div><div>What is more {brife} can mean both &quot;wind&quo=
t; and &quot;breeze&quot;. In other words you get words that neither sound =
like words in the source languages, nor have the same meaning as in the sou=
rce languages.</div><div><br></div><div>Sooner or later Lojban community ha=
d to deal with this case. The solution, which enters into force today, has =
long been expected.</div><div><br></div><div>The whole lexicon of Lojban is=
 recreated by direct borrowing from root languages. If a word in the source=
 language has the form that Lojban morpholofy allows for then the word is b=
orrowed as it is pronounced without any magical tricks.</div><div><br></div=
><div>E.g. from now on the Lojban word for &quot;sticky&quot; is .... {stik=
i}. It sticks in one&#39;s mind almost immediately.</div><div><br></div><di=
v>Or take the new Lojban word for &quot;work&quot;. It&#39;s {trabaxa} and =
pronounced as Spanish trabajar (just without the final &quot;r&quot;). You =
no longer have to work hard to memorize Lojban words. And {asxola}? It mean=
s &quot;asshole&quot;, you bastard.</div><div><br></div><div>The word for &=
quot;breeze&quot; is now {briza} and it means &quot;breeze&quot; only, not =
just any kind of wind.</div><div><br></div><div>Hey, French speakers! In yo=
ur language &quot;glagla&quot; means &quot;very cold&quot; whereas in Lojba=
n it means &quot;very hot&quot;. No more worries. Since now in Lojban {glag=
la} can mean both &quot;hot&quot; and &quot;cold&quot; depending on context=
.</div><div><br></div><div>As you can see from the table below some core co=
ncepts have several candidate forms. And some concepts don&#39;t have new f=
orms. Missing forms will be created by Lojban community during the followin=
g year. And you can help this process! Make your proposals now, and who kno=
ws maybe your proposal will win.</div><div>So that&#39;s it. The whole lexi=
con of Lojban is set free. Take a gulp of fresh air, which is now breezing =
through semantic space.</div><div><br></div><div>Table:=C2=A0<a href=3D"htt=
ps://jbotcan.org/lojban/en/lojban-liberated/" target=3D"_blank">https://jbo=
tcan.org/<wbr>lojban/en/lojban-liberated/</a></div></div><span class=3D"HOE=
nZb"><font color=3D"#888888">

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.aionys.<br><br>.i.e&#39;ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi =
patfu do zo&#39;o<br>(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )<br=
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