From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Aug 24 16:12:41 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:12:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfiiP-0004eN-BM for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:12:41 -0700 Received: from imr-ma05.mx.aol.com ([64.12.100.31]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfiiL-0004dN-Lx for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:12:41 -0700 Received: from imo-ma02.mx.aol.com (imo-ma02.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.137]) by imr-ma05.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n7ONCPAX014516 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:12:25 -0400 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-ma02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id d.d09.482416f4 (30739) for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:12:20 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:12:20 EDT Subject: [lojban] Re: How many possible gismu? To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_d09.482416f4.37c47854_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-archive-position: 16005 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_d09.482416f4.37c47854_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/24/2009 19:02:46 Eastern Daylight Time, fagricipni@gmail.com writes: > What I am imagining is a future > where Lojban has a large base of users, and on rare occasions a > concept is found to be so commonly used and so important that it > would unreasonable to deny it a gismu. > This is precisely what lujvo and fu'ivla are for. New gismu would be useful for brand-new *fundamental* concepts. That's not likely to happen very often. stevo --part1_d09.482416f4.37c47854_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a messag= e dated 8/24/2009 19:02:46 Eastern Daylight Time, fagricipni@gmail.com wri= tes:


 What I am imagin= ing is a future
where Lojban has a large base of users, and on rare occasions a
concept is found to be so commonly used and so important that it
would unreasonable to deny it a gismu.


This is precisely what lujvo and fu'ivla are for.  New gismu woul= d be useful for brand-new *fundamental* concepts.  That's not likely= to happen very often.

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