From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Dec 04 07:47:09 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:47:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IzZzI-0005GF-Rq for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:47:09 -0800 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.188]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IzZyy-0005FZ-0l for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:47:08 -0800 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b22so3093978rvf for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:46:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=o+UrliB4NoDlxbOkSY1sRp9kKcVkVEVIlt2lMJwib4s=; b=SkZf/Rrsd/sw+PzMRnp+ioiwD4I308TkIhEhOc2fLe+LS/gXbrK65XHP5KNW/+R//T+58DWVBgX1VYvzgBfn9VcxK/zkm2p4I9X7q6ttpmETld66zM+IY468MI0Ade34F4fORDFy6bSYbaz5ddzjTkjn2Vsty6zPbQ8Ndf5jW6Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Hs9+PyL3V5E0QjlVC7HQLPRRwY6x31L6QJ+G/HeHMfyvPJvqaUufag9yN/hOuhg3+GWYVjLaCmmKHNmv+FkKqhQUPtl3nzCHXKubY8uBLdh6bzLENBqp5V8h0aitjEkg1m63hLXP0jNEGqJibeLEGag7kG2Xo+rU4gYN8y9C7Gk= Received: by 10.141.69.1 with SMTP id w1mr403267rvk.1196783190175; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:46:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.201.3 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:46:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <925d17560712040746u2568066dlefa262f9d493ef45@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:46:30 -0300 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?=" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Word for "bless" In-Reply-To: <47556C65.9060108@kli.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <97f5058c0712030123l24c3e6bfj5d57187ac9b9eca@mail.gmail.com> <47556C65.9060108@kli.org> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 13976 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On 12/4/07, Mark E. Shoulson wrote: > It's been pointed out to me that {dapma} really > should be construed to cover both bless and curse, since both involve > "dooming with words" so to speak. If so, the English definition needs serious rewriting. All the words used (curse/damn/condemn) seem to require a negative fate. The definition of {dimna}, for instance, makes it clear that it can be used both for negative or positive fates. mu'o mi'e xorxes 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.