From xod@thestonecutters.net Wed Mar 05 12:56:58 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:56:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18qfwa-0003cs-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:56:53 -0800 Received: from granite.thestonecutters.net (localhost.thestonecutters.net [127.0.0.1]) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h25KuwXd097166 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:56:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h25KuwX2097163 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:56:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:56:58 -0500 (EST) From: Invent Yourself To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Proper usage of jbovlaste. In-Reply-To: <20030305205450.GG8435@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: <20030305155618.G88738-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 4362 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list I thought you had read some sexual connotation into the phrase. The idea of smuggling monkeys offends your sense of decorum, does it? On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 03:44:26PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > Someone posted the following as an example of la'edi'u: > > > > > > .i le smani cu nenri le mi palku .i la'edi'u pluka mi > > > > > > This system is going to be used to produce the official dictionary. Try > > > to maintain *some* decorum. > > > > > > The example has been deleted. If that bothers you, talk to Nick, not > > > me; he heads the byfy and has assigned me to handle jbovlaste issues. > > > > There was a recent case of someone trying to smuggle monkeys through > > customs in their pants. Perhaps that's what the writer had in mind. > > I have no idea why that would change anything. > > -Robin > > -- What would Jesus bomb?