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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:07:23 +0200
From: Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
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Subject: [lojban] Re: New to Lojban and a question
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:44:16 -0800 (PST), Ryan Gray
<ryanpatgray@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I would think that a logical
> language such as Lojban would have more precise words
> for these ideas.

I'm reminded of the Lojban proverb, "The price of infinite precision
is infinite verbosity". By that token, it would probably be possible
to construct a precise English term for any given political grouping
-- but note that I've avoided using the word "word".

I suppose in Lojban, it might possibly be possible to fit it into one
word by making it a humungous lujvo.

mu'o mi'e .filip.
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>