From mattarn@123.net Fri Apr 29 06:12:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: mattarn@123.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 63197 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2005 13:12:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m22.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 29 Apr 2005 13:12:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mole.e-mol.com) (65.169.135.18) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2005 13:12:43 -0000 Received: from mail.123.net (nobody@new.e-mol.com [65.169.135.18]) by mole.e-mol.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-7.1) with SMTP id j3TDCgTd031000 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:12:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:12:42 -0400 Message-Id: <200504291312.j3TDCgTd031000@mole.e-mol.com> To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <20050428210732.80928.qmail@web81307.mail.yahoo.com> References: 6667 <20050428210732.80928.qmail@web81307.mail.yahoo.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: e-mol.com, e-mail online X-From: mattarn@mail.123.net Content-Type: text/plain X-Originating-IP: 65.169.135.18 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 From: Matt Arnold Reply-To: mattarn@123.net Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Penguicon Lojban Presentation X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=117354497 X-Yahoo-Profile: nemorathwald X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24269 I understand the humor, but I also understand how Robin would be confused wondering what was cold about my presentation. {cma} had nothing to do with your joke. Or are you still joking? -Matt clifford-j@sbcglobal.net wrote: >--- Robin Lee Powell > wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 01:08:51PM -0700, John >> E Clifford wrote: >> > >> > --- Jorge Llamb?as >> wrote: >> > > On 4/28/05, Robin Lee Powell >> >> > > wrote: >> > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 06:59:11AM -0700, >> > > John E Clifford wrote: >> > > > > cmalenku >> > > > >> > > > ki'a sai .o'o cu'i >> > > >> > > pe'i smudji zo zabna i cumki ji'a fa lo nu >> lo tu vensa za'o na >> > > banzu glari'a >> > > >> > Well, yes, it was meant to be favorable and, >> yes, Spring here has >> > goone from 8os back to 40s (Fahrenheit, >> obviously). But all I did >> > was observe -- like Robin -- that the events >> described were cool >> > (calque and thus not really approved, but it >> was a short joke). >> >> Wow. I'm so used to the literalism of Lojban >> that, as usual, the >> joke never occured to me. >> >Gee, I can't even claim this as a fancy >metaphorical lujvo; {cma} has been used >consistently as a diminutive and/or lessening >prefix since the get-go. > _______________________________________________________ Sent through e-mol. E-mail, Anywhere, Anytime. http://www.e-mol.com