From lojbab@lojban.org Sat Jun 17 11:06:04 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24181 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2000 18:06:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 17 Jun 2000 18:06:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-3.cais.net) (205.252.14.73) by mta2 with SMTP; 17 Jun 2000 18:06:03 -0000 Received: from bob (209-8-89-116.dynamic.cais.com [209.8.89.116]) by stmpy-3.cais.net (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e5HI61J07056 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:06:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lojbab@lojban.org) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000617134845.00b324e0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:06:49 -0400 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: darxi le morsi xirma [was Re: [lojban] Re: lujvo In-Reply-To: <20000617151638.62774.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 3137 At 08:16 AM 06/17/2000 -0700, michael helsem wrote: > >From: "michael helsem" > li'o > >.e'uzo'o fe de'a lojbo kulnu dunli fa lu preti lebi'unai.oi cfipu > >gadri ve skicu ki'u (The Lojban equivalent of "beating a dead > >horse" might be "to ask about that confusing article-description"!) > >.ijaji'a sego'i lu fu'epe'a litru le gadri dargu fu'o li'u (Or, >'to "travel the article-road"'.) .i di'u simsa lu fu'epe'a manti >kerfa casnu fu'o li'u da'i (Likewise, 'to "discuss ant hair"'...) .inago'i .i mi stidi lu le'i ni le ci gerku cu jai sisku lo re ka ce'u pavyseljirna tanxe li'u You figure out what it means %^) But it probably involves all the most confusing issues of the last few years. I'm sure someone can do better, but invoking the same kinds of Lojbanic "cultural references". Maybe something about "seeking bicycles or fish" or "plastic cat food can covers" would be relevant as well. lojbab lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org