From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri May 27 00:23:13 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 27 May 2005 00:23:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DbZBC-0006HR-Ji for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 27 May 2005 00:22:50 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DbZBB-0006HK-O8 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 27 May 2005 00:22:50 -0700 Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 00:22:49 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: how to say galaxy? Message-ID: <20050527072248.GG21667@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200505270659.j4R6xxE28182@xahlee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505270659.j4R6xxE28182@xahlee.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 10058 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:59:59AM -0600, Xah Lee wrote: > > how to say galaxy? However you like. > is it staci bakfu? staci girzu? "staci" is not a Lojban word. Try "tarci". Either of those seem fine, although I'd probably use "ciste" or "sarlu", myself, depending on the properties I want to emphasize. > gosh, every time i tried the lojban dictionary, about once every > couple of months, i don't remember once it is useful. Assuming you are talking about jbovlaste, here are over 8.5 thousand Lojban words and 9.2 thousand English words in there. Perhaps it's because you only look up unusual ones. "galaxy" isn't a word that comes up in everyday conversation, you know. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/