Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id VAA14687 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 21:27:39 +0200 Message-Id: <199601161927.VAA14687@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 8ADCAF20 ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 20:27:38 +0100 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:52:29 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: sera'aku SNU: ki'e doi skot. To: Lojban List In-Reply-To: <199601161039.FAA25726@locke.ccil.org> from "Don Wiggins" at Jan 16, 96 10:12:32 am Content-Length: 508 Lines: 13 la dn. cusku di'e > Describing a culture as a two-part lujvo. This seems an extraordinary idea. > Is it possible? For instance, how does one do Irish? The gismu list gives "sicko'o" = "Western-Scot". This is a bit odd synchronically, but historically has some validity: the "Scoti" were the Irish, who kept that name when they moved east, although more or less abandoning it in the homeland. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.