From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Sat Mar 6 22:45:51 2010 Reply-To: Goran Topic Sender: Lojban list Date: Wed Dec 20 20:05:58 1995 From: Goran Topic Subject: Re: PLI: mela'ogy. metaphors gy. To: Lojban Listserv Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Wed Dec 20 20:05:58 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Message-ID: > > 'Course, in Hebrew, it's "baVEL." > > giving "la baVEL." > > [li'o] Though these are not by any means obvious to English-speakers. .i xu da jundi .i mi na ju'o go'i .i mi to .e la xorxes. la'aji'a toi se mlicfipu tu'a zo bebylan. .i ba'anai da lojbo javni sa'enai lenu da zo'u pilno lo valsi pepi'o loi prenu pe le kulnu peda tu'a lo cmene beda .i ki'u ma paunai zo jungo .enai zo canso selsmu la'ezo jungo .i la gliban na .uadai manri roda no'i ko ga'inai mi fraxu lenu tcecinmo (Who cares? I certainly don't. I (and, I suspect, xorxes, too) was a little baffled by bebylan. I remember there being a guideline about using the words the native would use. Why do you think Chinese is jungo and not canso? Believe it or not, English is not the standard for everything. Sorry for reacting so strongly.) co'o mi'e. goran. -- GAT/CS/O d?@ H s:-@ !g p1(2)@ !au(0?) a- w+(+++) (!)v-@(+) C++(++++) UU/H(+) P++>++++ L(>+) !3 E>++ N+ K(+) W--(---) M-- !V(--) -po+ Y(+) t+@(+++) !5 !j R+@ G-@(J++) tv+(++) b++@ D++ B? e+* u@ h!$ f?(+) r-- !n(+@) y+. GeekCode v2.1, modifications left to reader to puzzle out