From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Jan 11 00:24:45 1996 Received: from wnt.dc.lsoft.com (wnt.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.7]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id AAA07252 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 00:24:42 -0500 Message-Id: <199601110524.AAA07252@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by wnt.dc.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.0a) with SMTP id 2BD8D5F0 ; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 23:55:51 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 23:56:23 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: FAQ X-To: sjb@UNIVERSE.DIGEX.NET X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 603 Yes there are harder cases than spaghetti to Lojbanize, either because of consonant endings, or non-Lojbanic sounds, or whatever. In the case of schooner, a quick trip to the dictionary tells me to make it a lujvo - a 2-pole-sail-boat, since thats eems to be the definition of "schooner" as a boat (if it is more specific, I might add up to two more terms before going to a fu'ivla other than for nonce use, since outside the USA, probably noo one will know what a "schooner" is anyway - it is flagged as an Americanism in my dictionary - maybe a merko-2-pole-sail-boat 1/2 %^) lojbab