From lojban-out@lojban.org Sat Mar 26 12:30:06 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 13103 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2005 20:30:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m29.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Mar 2005 20:30:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2005 20:30:05 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DFHv1-0004Qn-Ac for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:30:03 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DFHuP-0004Pg-W1; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:29:29 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:29:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DFHuE-0004PW-RA for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:29:14 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DFHuE-0004PP-Oz for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:29:14 -0800 Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:29:14 -0800 Message-ID: <20050326202914.GI10094@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <925d1756050326080320e5d54@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-archive-position: 9666 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 X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: odd humor X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24025 On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 11:18:58AM -0500, Ben Goertzel wrote: > > One thing is certain -- among the creators of the Lojban > vocabulary were some folks with a childish but sometimes good > sense of humor, using puns that combine Lojban pronunciation with > English typography... > > For instance > > dog = gerku ??? (my wife, a dog-lover, doesn't like that > one...) > > I eat meat == me citka le rectu (kinda graphic, no?? ... ;p) Umm, Ben? What are you talking about? I don't see any humour here. BTW, the gismu were all created by taking the sounds for the word in question from the six most widely spoken languages and mushing the sounds together. -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/