From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Apr 15 13:14:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 95699 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2005 20:14:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m26.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 15 Apr 2005 20:14:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Apr 2005 20:14:56 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DMXDM-0002lL-N4 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:14:56 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1DMXD6-0002l3-RL; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:14:43 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:14:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DMXCv-0002kn-CK for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:14:29 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DMXCv-0002ke-8y for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:14:29 -0700 Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:14:29 -0700 Message-ID: <20050415201429.GB9654@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050414194642.GR15911@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20050414201420.GT15911@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20050415193816.GG13636@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <925d175605041512551ca0b8a3@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <925d175605041512551ca0b8a3@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-archive-position: 9841 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -5.3 (-----) 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: {zdile} mi na nelci zo bai X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24198 On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 04:55:59PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > On 4/15/05, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > No response at all? I was expecting at least a giggle from > > xorxes. Or ARJ. :-) > > It was quite funny, but I have several objections :) Butter than nothing. :-) > 1- it doesn't parse (three sentences without separation). Of course not; it's poetry. > 2- {kai} should tag something with a property, not a property. Ooops. I'll fix that. > "it's also the only one I've seen that maintains rhyme and meter > throughout" > > 3- it doesn't exactly maintain rhyme and meter. It doesn't? > Syllable counts are 6-6-9 5-5-9 5-5-9, Oh crap, you're right. I'll fix that too. > and do you want to stress "ZO doi E zo CAI" to match "TCEtce GLEki > SAI"? Not so much. > Also {REMpai} doesn't rhyme with the others, at least not with my > understanding of rhymes. I was rhyming solely on "ai". If there's something wrong with "REMpai" for that purpose, I don't get it. > 4- you should have seen, for example > among > others. :) That's a lymmeric! Go you. What was catkycputra supposed to mean? Umm. Nevermind. That's a *sexual* lymmeric. .io sai. -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/