From a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Tue Sep 10 14:59:06 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:59:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailbox-3.st1.spray.net ([212.78.202.103]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17ot2E-0007PG-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:59:03 -0700 Received: from oemcomputer (host213-121-70-121.surfport24.v21.co.uk [213.121.70.121]) by mailbox-3.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id E6C9A1785B for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:58:28 +0200 (DST) From: "And Rosta" To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: word for "www" (was: Archive location.) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:00:03 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20020910182959.GF6798@chain.digitalkingdom.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-archive-position: 1056 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Robin CA: > The whole *point* of lujvo, unless I'm missing something, is that > someone should be able to dissect them and figure out what you mean. Not so. Lujvo are simply a means of creating new words for new meanings. However, other things being equal (e.g. word length), a candidate lujvo is held to be the more superior the more its meaning and place structure can be guessed from its constituent parts. --And.