From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Aug 27 07:28:37 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:28:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mgfxs-00019y-TB for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:28:37 -0700 Received: from web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.199.119]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mgfxp-000188-It for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:28:36 -0700 Received: (qmail 63626 invoked by uid 60001); 27 Aug 2009 14:28:27 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1251383307; bh=bYBrizGnJB7LPKStb5WI1eSQh8RlxjN2UkVmi2ul+YQ=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=le+lYCyPTb+f/BqFqIj7db6IyDRCvq17xQg7GYkYBsQAxBi8cFp6eF5dsf3TSMrE0uh9dPVaXD+FcJw2mi/meV845qBJ1T4oYmUmRS0mzeNGvY6RfMEVO7jUDEqaf5CBsNW0PJjllWyMypEt79R5O/HNhK6SaxYt8PTRMfFFQVg= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=R+2YTqu5d04VJp0qNXOQR4bnzGMvXpKfQWSmdA39G0nohZxhRCm5jc0miB3JxGVff/6wcNI9nULwCv+xWJcOUbQNkkNT+Nztwrpl4XZY7XObkXfsYQtla1JL3e6F6755i7inRFVmWLC75g7jjiU34c7ir0lwTuyACnevpIuQlbw=; Message-ID: <32271.62514.qm@web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 9QY1vG8VM1nlNGDs4T.im0h2L3ctQi03Ppc5fAUsR727toQqz3ngq3riQN5kph3KNmMGJd1xQEKDyWfjHbGJ1s8EkmVv7.BRj8CXQ6dYi6.ISEvg0nRZel3dyM9bkndwGA_GMjCD1h6d_Q.BZ1xqOjNUB5iVovycOXBNc9E8gODbmKgKTlxyXMWjfjT7U4g3Hzbfgkry2r0SZ402k0MJrsM_amppK8fSwNRlO_H13AUi6R.dYLBNTXNFtIpuV8hwwCb3_H01s_6I46V.yURbVic5yD.DPPiKHk1shjkVa.PzvOIbaKHeIxQS8rkAeYVF4FZvFXdYXQyF1TGRWbiE51edjXjPKKi7iK88OFo1Y.MBsAG23Iih.vSjG5gCc78C2i.8iQP0 Received: from [24.207.224.145] by web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:28:26 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/1358.27 YahooMailWebService/0.7.338.2 References: Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:28:26 -0700 (PDT) From: John E Clifford Subject: [lojban] Re: Compound vs Coordinate Bilinguals To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-200213437-1251383306=:62514" X-archive-position: 16062 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: kali9putra@yahoo.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --0-200213437-1251383306=:62514 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I suppose it means "He makes it up as he goes along" or "He defines things according to what he wants to say, rather than to ordinary usage" (cf. JCB) ________________________________ From: "MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:55:53 PM Subject: [lojban] Re: Compound vs Coordinate Bilinguals In a message dated 8/26/2009 16:12:11 Eastern Daylight Time, colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com writes: I find his usage very Humpty Dumpty. He's created definitions > >of common words, such definitions being at odds with my natural > >usage. I'll use them, but I deplore his usage. > > What do you mean by "very Humpty Dumpty"? Please paraphrase this in more literal terms. stevo --0-200213437-1251383306=:62514 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

I suppose it means "He makes it up as he goes along" or "He defines things according to what he wants to say, rather than to ordinary usage" (cf. JCB)

From: "MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com" <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com>
To: lojban-list@lojban.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:55:53 PM
Subject: [lojban] Re: Compound vs Coordinate Bilinguals

In a message dated 8/26/2009 16:12:11 Eastern Daylight Time, colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com writes:

I find his usage very Humpty Dumpty. He's created definitions
of common words, such definitions being at odds with my natural
usage. I'll use them, but I deplore his usage.

What do you mean by "very Humpty Dumpty"? Please paraphrase this in more literal terms.

stevo

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