Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tEdCg-0000ZTC; Sun, 12 Nov 95 16:16 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 44F9AE91 ; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 15:16:14 +0100 Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 14:13:55 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: all the chinese whispers X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 838 Lines: 24 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