From sentto-44114-15387-1031141827-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed Sep 04 05:17:41 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 04 Sep 2002 05:17:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n22.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.78]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17mZ6I-0001h4-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 05:17:38 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-15387-1031141827-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.94] by n22.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Sep 2002 12:17:07 -0000 X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 4 Sep 2002 12:17:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 80889 invoked from network); 4 Sep 2002 12:17:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Sep 2002 12:17:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Sep 2002 12:17:06 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA10264; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:28:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200209041228.IAA10264@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:17:03 -0400 To: gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch (G. Dyke) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com (jboste) In-Reply-To: <002101c253ee$1feddf80$a699ca3e@oemcomputer> from "G. Dyke" at Sep 04, 2002 10:35:27 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:17:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [lojban] la lojban or le lojban Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 917 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list G. Dyke scripsit: > I've been wondering whether the gender of lojban in french should be > masculine, like (nearly?) all languages (le francais, le srilankais etc.) or > should it be feminine to reflect the fact that lojban calls itself "la > lojban" Well, as far as our scanty materials go, it's "el lojban" in Spanish, though that is certainly not dispositive. I think the fact that the Lojban name article looks feminine is irrelevant. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan Promises become binding when there is a meeting of the minds and consideration is exchanged. So it was at King's Bench in common law England; so it was under the common law in the American colonies; so it was through more than two centuries of jurisprudence in this country; and so it is today. --_Specht v. Netscape_ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Looking for a more powerful website? Try GeoCities for $8.95 per month. Register your domain name (http://your-name.com). More storage! No ads! http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info http://us.click.yahoo.com/aHOo4D/KJoEAA/MVfIAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/