From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Sun Nov 12 09:21:05 1995 Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id JAA16124 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 09:21:02 -0500 Message-Id: <199511121421.JAA16124@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 5CDDD618 ; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 10:16:15 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 14:13:55 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: all the chinese whispers To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Status: OR Iain: > > > > 6. Iain: > ... > > > > .i mi certu le nu troci lenu jai zdile lo'e prenu poi gasnu da > > > I didn't understand the {jai} there. > > Nor me. Baffling. > Well, my gimste says the x1 of {zdile} is an event: > zdile zdi amusing 'amused' > x1 (abstract) is amusing/entertaining to x2 in property/aspect x3; > so I was just being pedantic zo'o. Are you sure you mean {jai}? It ought to be followed by a sumtcita (I think). > From: Don Wiggins > >Could we find out the native languages of the Chinese whisperers? > We'll also need to know, of course, non-native languages from which > one feels proficient enough to translate to lojban. I could translate small amounts out of but not into Italian. But by using English we can all judge the success of the translation. --- And