From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Aug 03 09:15:25 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:15:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MY0C5-00046E-BI for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:15:25 -0700 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MY0Bz-00045J-3t for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:15:25 -0700 Received: from chausie ([71.75.215.96]) by cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090803161512728.CTQN557@cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com> for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:15:12 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E77B3C02 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:15:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Proverbs and sayings Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:15:03 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <200908030033.21511.phma@phma.optus.nu> <925d17560908030808w252ad13an30a0831a56c610ef@mail.gmail.com> <5715b9300908030825j285d10f5r45d186856d9d7946@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5715b9300908030825j285d10f5r45d186856d9d7946@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200908031215.08608.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-archive-position: 15861 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Monday 03 August 2009 11:25:12 Luke Bergen wrote: > ahh, so I was close then. > > how about: > > tu'a ro da poi gunka .e no kelci ku'o rinka lo za'i la djak cu ka na cinri > nakpre "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", but what you actually said is "All workers and no players..." and then the grammar is messed up. It's Jack who is working and not playing, and "Jack" is used as a generic name. So how about this: lo nu gunka piromei joi kelci nomei cu rinka lo nu na cinri mu'omi'e .pier. 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.