From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue May 24 16:32:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 46005 invoked from network); 24 May 2005 23:32:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m27.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 May 2005 23:32:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 May 2005 23:32:24 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Dais4-0000Sx-Hs for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 24 May 2005 16:31:37 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Dairq-0000Sb-55; Tue, 24 May 2005 16:31:25 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 24 May 2005 16:31:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Daird-0000SK-GN for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 24 May 2005 16:31:09 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Daird-0000SA-1t for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 24 May 2005 16:31:09 -0700 Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:31:09 -0700 Message-ID: <20050524233108.GC2534@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <1116961637.9031.0.camel@localhost> <20050524193841.44497.qmail@web81303.mail.yahoo.com> <20050524194634.GP2534@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <737b61f305052416265184a88@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <737b61f305052416265184a88@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-archive-position: 10039 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: railgun X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=4cPTo1sc_HV9X86PSIr7s4t7r5ryrlAoH705wXjVlv9OfO0UWw X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24410 On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 06:26:26PM -0500, Chris Capel wrote: > Even if you needed to refer to this particular type of gun two or > three dozen times in a story, couldn't you just begin with > {celxa'i poi cecla lo jimne lo xukmi} My problem with celxa'i, which I did consider, is that it includes rocket launchers, bows & arrows, slings, and on and on and on. -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/