Return-Path: <@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from kantti.helsinki.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0su5ex-0000ZLC; Sun, 17 Sep 95 01:24 EET DST Received: from fiport.funet.fi (fiport.funet.fi [128.214.109.150]) by kantti.helsinki.fi (8.6.12+Emil1.1/8.6.5) with ESMTP id BAA27195 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 01:24:29 +0300 Received: from CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (MAILER@CUNYVMV2) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V5.0-3 #2494) id <01HVD57QX1UO000GC7@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> for veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 01:25:25 +0200 (EET) Received: from CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@CUNYVM) by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5911; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 18:24:02 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 21:44:33 +0000 (GMT) From: Iain Alexander Subject: Re: lojban recordings Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: ia@STRYX.DEMON.CO.UK Message-id: <01HVD57R49SY000GC7@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 603 Lines: 16 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