From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Dec 24 09:35:37 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:35:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J6rDE-0004TV-Py for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:35:36 -0800 Received: from squid17.laughingsquid.net ([72.32.93.144]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J6rD9-0004Sy-J2 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:35:36 -0800 Received: (qmail 10553 invoked by uid 48); 24 Dec 2007 09:35:24 -0800 Received: from c-24-63-92-33.hsd1.ma.comcast.net (c-24-63-92-33.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.63.92.33]) by webmail.ixkey.info (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:35:24 -0800 Message-ID: <20071224093524.heys4deuos0k880c@webmail.ixkey.info> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:35:24 -0800 From: mungojelly@ixkey.info To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: "This number" References: <97f5058c0712042002q563a1ebercc15fe68a57f2210@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560712051059v3b83f3e6ieee1e1aed2a7f6db@mail.gmail.com> <97f5058c0712141553gac4b952qcbd2c7610a83308e@mail.gmail.com> <97f5058c0712141559s7e303235s9f29320bd1922172@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560712150614x1444b543qdfbbb6b5bfc76219@mail.gmail.com> <97f5058c0712150621m1ca35d1cmb21b6d2b64c60f3@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560712150637x289628ecq8f8c819af505bc10@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <925d17560712150637x289628ecq8f8c819af505bc10@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.4) X-Spam-Score: 1.8 X-Spam-Score-Int: 18 X-Spam-Bar: + X-archive-position: 14051 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mungojelly@ixkey.info Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list > On Dec 15, 2007 11:21 AM, Penguino wrote: >> Hmm... how would you say "I need one less problem" then? (I know it's a >> little contrived...) To which Jorge Llambías replied: > > I suppose that expands to something like: > > mi nitcu lo nu lo nabmi be mi cu jdika lo ka ma kau te kancu ce'u kei li pa > > but I can't think of a good way to shorten it. How about: .i mi stidi fe lu .au mi nabmi mleca fo li pa li'u ro do .io .i le selma'o be zo .ui .e lo'e tanru cu cafne selgleki mi .ui (Selma'o UI and tanru are often pleasant to me.) I love how Lojban can be so vague. :) (.i mi nelci le nu to'e steci fa tu'a ly. .ui) mu'o mi'e bret. 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.