From sentto-44114-3139-961265164-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Sat Jun 17 18:03:08 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 25109 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2000 18:03:07 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 17 Jun 2000 18:03:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 951 invoked by uid 40001); 17 Jun 2000 18:06:06 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 948 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2000 18:06:05 -0000 Received: from fk.egroups.com (208.50.144.73) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 17 Jun 2000 18:06:05 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-3139-961265164-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.35] by fk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 17 Jun 2000 18:06:04 -0000 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 To: lojban@egroups.com In-Reply-To: <20000617151638.62774.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@egroups.com; contact lojban-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:06:49 -0400 Subject: Re: darxi le morsi xirma [was Re: [lojban] Re: lujvo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE "YourName.Com" Web Address, E-Mail, and Home Page...TODAY! CLICK HERE! http://click.egroups.com/1/5460/3/_/17627/_/961265126/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com