From cowan@ccil.org Fri May 14 06:07:03 2004 Return-Path: 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 Date: 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: word for "action" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=212516 X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22302 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"