From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Mar 16 06:32:41 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:32:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NrWsy-0004lr-G3 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:32:41 -0700 Received: from mail-pw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.160.53]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NrWst-0004kN-6w for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:32:39 -0700 Received: by pwj10 with SMTP id 10so814205pwj.40 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:32:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=NQ1Id03krFc4VV0Phzaj+PgNT1ku8XmQXR7oz3RWi3o=; b=qH1zz0hfSpKBwCDJhZbvT2xCzpS0Sf1lZJcXCnFtIxHBdG7s5+oAgbi3LxqRLa0GBA D/p+rcTyvK1KUpB0zhKMIFLDvM4wF7+JwWBnlq5UfiiyLOowxss8uWTJKanZlQkPh9Ot qkwuEMFwDVuBLTJ3C/sT26Dc+Ar0FFd9T19a4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=PD4PvNkdlqUAJpS+Z9EFazdYoHltsBF4ePFUDCmvCdTyf51Vu2cBND4pxhnBOpxMxD sM+axIZlgigL/IPXMuL7fQTXQiI51U5USa3Wkla+/8fsiLuVrNZnsenzxDhHMqeqN+XS 6BsXoIwVrPElr8YGgqg21hm88d/OmOhW5UI3s= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.21.13 with SMTP id y13mr12646wfi.75.1268746349083; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:32:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <295098.54348.qm@web88007.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <386172.89756.qm@web88001.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <5715b9301003152013m2519e4a5keb0c1779120a97ec@mail.gmail.com> <342873.67121.qm@web50406.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <446046.14939.qm@web88001.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <85c354a21003160441t6088d156hbbca0d25b29887c@mail.gmail.com> <295098.54348.qm@web88007.mail.re2.yahoo.com> From: Oren Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:32:09 +0800 Message-ID: <27513e551003160632l72d92fd0qcd19e227c68b08a5@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban] Re: Lojbanising words? To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 17268 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: get.oren@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list not to project emotion on you, but I might feel { .oiro'a .i'a } On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 21:14, A. PIEKARSKI wrote: > > Ouch!  What's the emoticon for 'sheepish'?  That's what > happens when you rush through your emails. > > totus > > From: Ross Ogilvie > To: lojban-list@lojban.org > Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 7:41:08 AM > Subject: [lojban] Re: Lojbanising words? > > I'm pretty sure they understood and were making a joke of your typo. (the > {si} following the "is", with {si} in lojban having the effect of erasing > the "is") > > mu'o mi'e ros. > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:29 PM, A. PIEKARSKI wrote: >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> > From: Lindar Greenwood >> > To: lojban-list@lojban.org >> > Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 3:05:20 AM >> > Subject: [lojban] Re: Lojbanising words? >> > >> > >> There is no justification for basing names on their English >> > pronunciation unless >> >> English is si the local language >> > . >> > >> >I don't get "... unless English the local language." >> > :-p >> >> Hah, I totally read it that way, too. >> >> Sorry.  What I meant was that, taking cities as an example, >> you would lojbanize the names of those cities as pronounced >> by their inhabitants (i.e. the local language).  That's fairer and >> more 'neutral' than using their English names even though more >> people around the world may recognize the English name. >> So the lojban name for India's largest city should be based on >> Mumbai even though more people around the world would >> still recognize Bombay. >> >> totus >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to > >> ymailto="mailto:lojban-list-request@lojban.org" >> > >> > href="mailto:lojban-list-request@lojban.org">lojban-list-request@lojban.org >> with >> > the subject unsubscribe, or go to > target=_blank >> > >http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if >> you're really stuck, >> > send mail to > href="mailto:secretary@lojban.org">secretary@lojban.org >> > for help. >> >> >> >> 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. >> > > 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.