From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Sat Mar 6 22:46:22 2010 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list Date: Wed Dec 13 03:18:30 1995 From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: metaphor translation X-To: lojban@cuvmb.bitnet To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Wed Dec 13 03:18:30 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Message-ID: <9s8WMOQU-XL.A.dIG.-u0kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> >>I tried to find a cmavo or a gismu for "metaphor" but came up empty. Is >>there a way I can say the concrete meaning of my metaphor flagging it as a >>metaphor so as to induce the "aha!"? Is there a way to distinguish which >>type of metaphor is being used? {pe'a}, at your service (you should have looked under "figurative"!) ____ Chris Bogart \ / http://www.quetzal.com Boulder, CO \/ cbogart@quetzal.com "Life is strange. Some people get rich, others eat shit and die. Maybe a fat man will feel his heart burst and call it beautiful." - Hunter S Thompson