From sentto-44114-19584-1051786674-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Thu May 01 04:00:51 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 01 May 2003 04:01:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n35.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.103]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 19BBlp-0002Y0-00 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Thu, 01 May 2003 03:58:33 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-19584-1051786674-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.200] by n35.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 May 2003 10:57:55 -0000 X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 1 May 2003 10:57:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 29382 invoked from network); 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19BBko-0000km-00; Thu, 01 May 2003 06:57:30 -0400 To: sshiskom Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <20030501105729.GS31868@ccil.org> References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan 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: Thu, 1 May 2003 06:57:29 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: mu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 5083 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: cowan@ccil.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list sshiskom scripsit: > What would be an equivalent of English (was it Japanese?) > word "mu"? "mu" is the (Sino-)Japanese word for "nothing". Its (very recent) English use is the result of overgeneralizing from a classic koan about whether a dog has Buddha-nature. In Lojban it's "na'i". -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The Hobbit ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/KXUxcA/fNtFAA/uetFAA/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/