From sentto-44114-3042-960910719-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Tue Jun 13 15:36:01 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 18257 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2000 15:36:00 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 13 Jun 2000 15:36:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 26376 invoked by uid 40001); 13 Jun 2000 15:38:41 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 26373 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2000 15:38:41 -0000 Received: from hn.egroups.com (208.50.144.84) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 13 Jun 2000 15:38:41 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-3042-960910719-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.37] by hn.egroups.com with NNFMP; 13 Jun 2000 15:38:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 17662 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2000 15:37:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m3.onelist.org with QMQP; 13 Jun 2000 15:37:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca) (129.97.134.11) by mta1 with SMTP; 13 Jun 2000 15:37:40 -0000 Received: from calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA08379 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:37:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200006131537.LAA08379@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> To: The Lojban List In-Reply-To: Message from Ivan A Derzhanski of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 18:31:15 +0300." <394653C3.70DC@math.bas.bg> X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell 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: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:37:57 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: lujvo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ivan A Derzhanski writes: >Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: >> But in Lojban, none of these would have the Italian MEANING of "Madonna" >> because Lojban tanru have all manner of interpretations, and lujvo >> select a single ad hoc one of these, but are not necessarily a part >> of the lexicon unless picked up by the speaking community (and/or >> enshrined in the dictionary). > >Indeed. {cevni mamta} `god mother' invites at least two obvious >interpretations: `mother who is a goddess' (Thetis) and `mother >of a god' (Alcmene). I actually would have thought of Godmother in the Catholic sense before either of those. -Robin, apparently failing to break out of his cultural mode. :P -- http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. ... stripped of our uniqueness as human beings by Darwin, exposed to our own inadequacies by Freud, ... Power -- "the ability to bring about our desires" -- is all that we have left. --- Michael Korda, _Power!_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WRITERS WANTED! Themestream allows ALL writers to publish their articles on the Web, reach thousands of interested readers, and get paid in cash for their work. Click below: http://click.egroups.com/1/3840/3/_/17627/_/960910689/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com