From LOJBAN%CUVMB.bitnet@YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:51:36 2010 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Thu, 27 May 1993 17:44:06 -0400 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7021; Thu, 27 May 93 17:43:14 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 0275; Thu, 27 May 93 17:44:24 EDT Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 09:43:59 GMT+1200 Reply-To: Chris Handley Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Handley Organization: University of Otago Subject: Re: self-segregating morphemes X-To: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: O X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Fri May 28 09:43:59 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Message-ID: <2GUhrUO1MiJ.A.t1H.4z0kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Ivan writes: <<...>> > Mind you, there are better examples. English uses a number of Latin and >Greek morphemes which in many cases are counterparts to full English words. >(You can think of _kilo_ as a rafsi for _thousand_ or _scop_ and >_vid_/_vis_ as rafsi for _see_.) <<...>> None of this >makes those languages any easier, though, let alone more logical. Very true, but unfortunately words change meaning over time. How many people still think that bishops have anything to do with seeing (and I do not mean 'see' as another word for 'diocese'). . ====================================================================== Chris Handley chandley@otago.ac.nz Dept of Computer Science Ph (+64) 3-479-8499 University of Otago Fax (+64) 3-479-8577 Dunedin, NZ ______________________________________________________________________ The light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off to conserve power.