From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Jan 12 09:19:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 12439 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2005 17:19:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Jan 2005 17:19:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Jan 2005 17:19:13 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Com9I-0004sA-Cj for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:19:12 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Com8o-0004rS-B3; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:18:42 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:18:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Com8b-0004rH-8r for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:18:30 -0800 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:18:29 -0800 Message-ID: <20050112171829.GV4261@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-archive-position: 9239 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Oldbie Question from private mail. X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 23627 Someone sent me (as lojban@lojban.org) private mail to ask: 3) This url states that : http://arj.nvg.org/lojban/myths.html When the new vocabulary was made after the Loglan/Lojban split, the semantics of the colour adjectives were changed. The word "blanu" no longer meant "x1 is bluer than x2", but "x1 is blue". The justification for this change was "we don't want a world where everything strives to be bigger, better and taller than everything else". This is clearly a strain of the Western ideal of equality, which by no means can be called "culturally neutral". Is this all true? Help? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/