Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32429 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2000 13:55:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 Apr 2000 13:55:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO q8.egroups.com) (10.1.2.31) by mta3 with SMTP; 30 Apr 2000 13:55:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 12255 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2000 13:55:37 -0000 Received: from imo-d08.mx.aol.com (205.188.157.40) by mx3.egroups.com with SMTP; 30 Apr 2000 13:55:37 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-d08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v26.7.) id a.ea.4a478fa (3873) for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:55:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:55:30 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] re: nazycau gerku and najyzme To: lojban@egroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 33 From: pycyn@aol.com X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 2477 Content-Length: 690 Lines: 21 In a message dated 4/29/00 5:07:34 PM CST, graywyvern@hotmail.com writes: << >From: pycyn@aol.com li'o >.i ma sinxa zoi gy. pumpkin.gy pevytepygauzme >> Too local reference? How wide-spread are jack-o-lanterns or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? ? But, come to think of it, how widespread are pumpkins? Well, at least to France, where I don't think they are carved for Hallowe'en. Maybe "pie melon," since any squash served in a pie is going to be called a pumpkin (I had "squash pie" made with Hubbards once -- clearly an act of desperation). But Lojban was not designed by cooks, so there doesn't seem to be a word for pie (or crust or pastry or...)