Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM ([205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id KAA28063 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 10:06:20 -0500 Message-Id: <199511011506.KAA28063@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id D4F6BC65 ; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 15:15:23 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 14:11:24 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: Ethnic Gismu, Learning Lojban X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Fri Nov 3 06:44:36 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU la djulianos cusku di'e > First, I browsed the gismu list, and I noticed that ethnic-related > terms are somwtimes puzzling. For instance, no gismu (nor lujvo, > as far as I could see) is avaible to express 'Italian' and related > concepts, while you can find words for 'Greek' or 'Palestinian'. Which > are the inclusion criteria? There are no clear criteria. In the case of 'Italian', the gismu {talno} has been used more than a few times, but it is not official. > I hope not to have been too boring (I dare not think how this > sentence could be translated in lojban). a'o mi na pu dukse tolzdi (to u'onai mi na pensi le du'u fanva dei la lojban fu makau toi) co'o mi'e xorxes