From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Aug 20 17:33:52 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:33:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GExjE-0005BT-3e for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:33:20 -0700 Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GExjB-0005BK-4P for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:33:19 -0700 Received: from localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 954FBEBC5C for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:09:27 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06960-01 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:09:22 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mail.211.ru (mail [10.5.1.2]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17014EBC57 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:09:21 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from localhost (host-102-2-129.211.ru [10.102.2.129]) by mail.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id E62F25C15 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:33:09 +0700 (NOVST) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:33:09 +0700 From: Yanis Batura X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.5.30) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1211774247.20060821073309@mail.ru> To: "Mark E. Shoulson" Subject: [lojban] Re: mabla In-Reply-To: <44E8FA4A.1000508@kli.org> References: <47859832.20060820235613@mail.ru> <936884054.20060821070718@mail.ru> <44E8FA4A.1000508@kli.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------9B89DF21B8132" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 12525 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ybatura@mail.ru Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list ------------9B89DF21B8132 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 21.08.2006, 7:11, Mark E. Shoulson wrote: > Yanis Batura wrote: >> Hmm, my question was why {vlagi} was in the reference list of {mabla}, >> and not, say, {besna} or {since}. > I guess because the list is in English, and in the culture of most > English-speakers, {vlagi} is easily associated with {mabla}. In other > words, while Lojban and its gismu may be culturally neutral, the English > gismu list and its references aren't. This is a satisfactory explanation! Why didn't I think of it before? mi'e .ianis. --------------------- Lojban: A Language With *Intelligent* Design ------------9B89DF21B8132 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

On 21.08.2006, 7:11, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:


> Yanis Batura wrote:


>> Hmm, my question was why {vlagi} was in the reference list of {mabla},

>> and not, say, {besna} or {since}.


> I guess because the list is in English, and in the culture of most 

> English-speakers, {vlagi} is easily associated with {mabla}.  In other

> words, while Lojban and its gismu may be culturally neutral, the English

> gismu list and its references aren't.


This is a satisfactory explanation! Why didn't I think of it before?


mi'e .ianis.


---------------------

Lojban: A Language With *Intelligent* Design

------------9B89DF21B8132-- To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.