From sentto-44114-22324-1084540023-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Fri May 14 06:08:18 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 14 May 2004 06:08:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n45.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.67.21]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BOcPz-0003j2-WA for lojban-in@lojban.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 06:08:05 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-22324-1084540023-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.29] by n45.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 May 2004 13:07:04 -0000 X-Sender: cowan@ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 97852 invoked from network); 14 May 2004 13:07:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m23.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 May 2004 13:07:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 May 2004 13:07:02 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BOcSs-0006qr-GA; Fri, 14 May 2004 09:11:02 -0400 To: Jorge =?iso-8859-1?Q?Llamb=EDas?= Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <20040514131102.GD26335@ccil.org> References: <20040514033651.GB18460@ccil.org> <20040514122235.41814.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040514122235.41814.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 192.190.237.100 From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 09:11:02 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: word for "action" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 7839 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: cowan@ccil.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Jorge Llamb?as scripsit: > Googling for "the action of the kidneys" I got 229 hits, > with things like: "The action of the kidneys is vital and > so kidney failure is serious." It's medical jargon, which often personifies things like organs. > Googling for "the action of a rock falling" I got only one: > "The action of a rock falling to the earth is a process that > is entirely dependent upon the nature of the rock - a thing > affected by gravity." Bizarre? I'd say so, yes. Or just possibly a personification also. > I assume neither of those is a se zukte nor a se gasnu. Only if metaphorical. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan Big as a house, much bigger than a house, it looked to [Sam], a grey-clad moving hill. Fear and wonder, maybe, enlarged him in the hobbit's eyes, but the Mumak of Harad was indeed a beast of vast bulk, and the like of him does not walk now in Middle-earth; his kin that live still in latter days are but memories of his girth and his majesty. --"Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit" ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/