X-Digest-Num: 133 Message-ID: <44114.133.811.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:57:59 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Evgueni.Sklyanin" Subject: Re: vlaxajmi X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 811 Content-Length: 598 Lines: 19 la lojbab. cusku di'e Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/lojban/?start=1168 > From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group > > One of the few places where we were tempted to override the wordmaking > algorithm for fear of offending people. The word "ruble" for "weak" was > made back in 1987, when there was no particular sign in the West that the > Russian economy was in trouble. > {ruble} is not a big deal. A Russian might have more problems with {sraku} and {sralo} which mean some quite unspeakable things in Russian :) co'o mi'e .evgenis.