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From: cowan (John Cowan)
Subject: Re:  Chemical elements proposal (longish)
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 11:31:40 EDT
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> What criteria did an element have to meet in order to be assigned a gismu?
In general, the criterion was supposed to be "metaphorical use in any
of the Loglan/Lojban source languages".  Chrome, nickel, and neon all
have metaphorical uses in English (shiny metal, the U.S. 5 cent piece,
fluorescent light).


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