From sentto-44114-20732-1063915000-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Thu Sep 18 12:57:26 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:57:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n38.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.106]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 1A04tu-0008Cm-00 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:57:15 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-20732-1063915000-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.97] by n38.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Sep 2003 19:56:41 -0000 X-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 8373 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2003 19:56:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m14.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 18 Sep 2003 19:56:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.intrex.net) (209.42.192.250) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Sep 2003 19:56:37 -0000 Received: from craig [209.42.212.114] by smtp.intrex.net (SMTPD32-7.13) id ADF959CE0028; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:56:41 -0400 To: Message-ID: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-Declude-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com [209.42.212.114] From: "Craig" X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl 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, 18 Sep 2003 15:56:30 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: That's mostly for spanish readers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 6228 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ragnarok@pobox.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list >I >> have >> also learned that Eskimo has a hundred words for snow. >So does English, so what!? Lojban is cool because it can write these >words with or without spaces, mirroring itself at will on Eskimo or English. Most Eskimo languages are agglutinative, meaning that there are a theoretically infinite number of things we could call "words" that have meanings related to snow. However, most have all of two root words whose primary meaning is "snow" - one for snow that is falling, one for snow on the ground. See "The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax", which I don't have handy and won't take the time to look up as my power has failed three times in the last fifteen minutes, for a discussion of this rumor and its origins and spread. -- .kreig.daniyl. "I think that square is top of cool shape in the world" -CUBIC* cube ragnarok@pobox.com teucer@bnomic.org ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Remanufactured Ink Cartridges & Refill Kits at MyInks.com for: HP $8-20. Epson $3-9, Canon $5-15, Lexmark $4-17. Free s/h over $50 (US & Canada). http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=6351 http://us.click.yahoo.com/0zJuRD/6CvGAA/qnsNAA/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/