From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Oct 16 17:12:05 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:12:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GZcYd-0004E4-Ip for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:11:47 -0700 Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GZcYZ-0004Dw-2B for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:11:47 -0700 Received: from localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7B5CEBD14 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:11:41 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 60221-06 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:11:40 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mail.211.ru (mail [10.5.1.2]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3233DEBCA0 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:11:40 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from host-102-2-129.211.ru (host-102-2-129.211.ru [10.102.2.129]) by mail.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B485C5A for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:11:40 +0700 (NOVST) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:11:39 +0700 From: Yanis Batura X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.71.04) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1552939005.20061017071139@mail.ru> To: Bob LeChevalier Subject: [lojban] Re: Medieval In-Reply-To: <45341958.4060907@lojban.org> References: <12d58c160610161023t490a2cfeq6ed6b7b894a5c05c@mail.gmail.com> <45341958.4060907@lojban.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 12731 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ybatura@mail.ru Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On 17.10.2006, 6:44, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > komfo,amonan wrote: >> On 10/16/06, *Yanis Batura* > >> wrote: >> >> > Checking the Wikipedia article, it looks like it's a European >> period, so >> > {ronmijycedra} might work. >> >> Hmmm... I needed that word for talking about ninjas and samurais... :) >> >> >> According to Wikipedia's History of Japan article there is a period >> called the "Japanese Middle Ages". So perhaps {ponmijycedra}. > Rather than copying the metaphor used in other languages, I think the > common feature of the "middle ages" of both cultures was feudalism (and > indeed, the boundaries of the era tend to be associated with the > beginning and end of a feudal nobility (Yanis may have an opinion on > this, since in Russia the feudal nobility essentially persisted up until > the 20th century). > So come up with a lujvo for feudalism or feudal nobility [...] Coining a lujvo for feudalism is *much* more difficult than for Middle ages. :) mi'e .ianis. --------------------- Lojban: A Language With *Intelligent* Design To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.