Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 22:15:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802240315.WAA00847@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Herman Miller Sender: Lojban list From: Herman Miller Subject: le cpiste X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-UIDL: 144fe7bb271edd96c8972135152bf57a X-Mozilla-Status: 8003 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Feb 24 09:51:46 1998 X-From-Space-Address: - mu'igi mi co'a djuno le zmadu .a'u la lojban. lenu tcidu fi le manri = cusku .e le jboste gi mi jdice lenu krefu troci lenu .a'i finti so'u cipni = cmene lenu cusku fo la lojban. .i mu'igi .o'anai jimte lenu mi djuno fi la lojban. .ije lenu ciska bau la lojban. ca'o se masno gi mi cusku le ve vimcu notci bau le glibau 1. le xuncpi _Cardinalis cardinalis_ Of all the birds that could be called "red-bird", I think the Northern Cardinal is one of the best choices. It's a very common and distinctive North American bird, and it would be useful to have a more convenient = name than "cipnrkardinali". To preserve neutrality, other "colorful" bird = names could be reserved for birds of other continents, such as: 2. le xekcpi _Turdus merula_ There are many black birds, but not all of them can be called = "blackbirds". The bird known in English as the Blackbird, a kind of thrush, is common across Europe and parts of Asia. 3. le zgicpi _Mimus polyglottos_ "Mimic" is an incomplete characterization of the expressive range of the Northern Mockingbird; I think that "music-bird" is a more poetic name. However, I'm still a bit hesitant to give this name to the mockingbird, since there are many other musical birds that could just as easily be = given this name. (The Nightingale, _Luscinia megarhynchos_, and the Musician Wren, _Cyphorhinus arada_, come to mind.) 4. le vrucpi _Quiscalus_ "Noise-bird" is an appropriate characterization of the grackles, such as the Great-tailed Grackle (_Q. mexicanus_) and the Common Grackle (_Q. quiscula_). The most musical song of the Great-tailed Grackle reminds me of the "red alert" signal in an early episode of Star Trek. 5. le bracpi _Struthio camelus_ "Big-bird" is an obvious name for the Ostrich, the largest bird in the world. 6. le ctecpi (Strigiformes) "Night-bird" is an obvious name for the nocturnal owls and nightjars. Please correct my Lojban usage where necessary, since I'm still learning the language. la 'rmyn.