Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU (psuvm.psu.edu [128.118.56.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with SMTP id UAA20715 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 20:05:23 -0400 Message-Id: <199509170005.UAA20715@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2611; Sat, 16 Sep 95 18:50:44 EDT Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@PSUVM) by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4983; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 18:24:12 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 21:44:33 GMT Reply-To: ia@stryx.demon.co.uk Sender: Lojban list From: Iain Alexander Subject: Re: lojban recordings X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Sat Sep 16 20:05:28 1995 X-From-Space-Address: <@PSUVM.PSU.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> In message <9509160625.aa26866@punt3.demon.co.uk> jorge@phyast.pitt.edu writes: > Also, it would be nice to have a more gracious way of replying > to "thank you" than "mhm". Of course, it has to be somewhat > idiomatic, but I still haven't found a nice way to do it. Most languages use "please" as a response to "thank you", but I think fi'i COI hospitality vocative: hospitality - inhospitality; you are welcome/ make yourself at home is intended to serve this purpose. -- Iain Alexander ia@stryx.demon.co.uk I.Alexander@bra0125.wins.icl.co.uk