From jcowan@reutershealth.com Wed Sep 01 16:23:39 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 28049 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2004 23:23:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 Sep 2004 23:23:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.36) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Sep 2004 23:23:37 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (mail [65.246.141.36]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA04750; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:16:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:23:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:23:39 -0400 To: Zefram Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <20040901232339.GT15630@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <200408272104.18139.phma@phma.hn.org> <20040829200834.GA14095@fysh.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040829200834.GA14095@fysh.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 65.246.141.36 From: John Cowan Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: names of the elements X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 23000 Zefram scripsit: > Indium: {xinjinme} "Indian metal" looks like a misunderstanding. > The name "indium" comes from the indigo emission line, and has nothing > to do with India. So I suggest {blanyjinme} "blue metal". In fact, though, the color "indigo" < Late L "indicum", which indeed refers to India. > Xenon: {ciznavni} "strange noble gas" is OK but smells of malglico. > {fangynavni} "foreign noble gas" is closer to the English etymology. "xenon" in Greek is indeed both "stranger" and "foreigner", but I think that "stranger" was intended, so perhaps ninynavni is more like it. > Ruthenium: {rukyjinme} "Russian metal" Ruthenians are closer to vukro than rusko, so I suggest vurjinme instead. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan Consider the matter of Analytic Philosophy. Dennett and Bennett are well-known. Dennett rarely or never cites Bennett, so Bennett rarely or never cites Dennett. There is also one Dummett. By their works shall ye know them. However, just as no trinities have fourth persons (Zeppo Marx notwithstanding), Bummett is hardly known by his works. Indeed, Bummett does not exist. It is part of the function of this and other e-mail messages, therefore, to do what they can to create him.