From sentto-44114-15423-1031328918-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Fri Sep 06 09:15:56 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 06 Sep 2002 09:15:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n13.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.68]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17nLlx-0005r7-00 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 09:15:53 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-15423-1031328918-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Sep 2002 16:15:21 -0000 X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 6 Sep 2002 16:15:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 3636 invoked from network); 6 Sep 2002 16:15:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Sep 2002 16:15:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Sep 2002 16:15:20 -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 MAA08170 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:26:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200209061626.MAA08170@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:15:19 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: from "Newton, Philip" at Sep 06, 2002 06:10:23 PM 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: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:15:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [lojban] "boring" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 953 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 Newton, Philip scripsit: > How to express (with an attitudinal) that something is boring? I would have > expected something like "opposite of interesting". > > .a'u is "interest" but .a'unai is glossed as "repulsion"... could I also use > it for "this is boring"? As in {.a'unai le veltivni cu spofu}? I think I'd use a'ucu'i or a'unairu'e. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com "You need a change: try Canada" "You need a change: try China" --fortune cookies opened by a couple that I know ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/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/