From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Oct 26 21:32:56 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:32:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GdJOY-00028H-Hv for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:32:38 -0700 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.184]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GdJOV-00028A-Sn for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:32:38 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p46so1682922nfa for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:32:34 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HuAqvQDprCVbW2tlXm+5jeyOhXkzKIQFbWTW6mwzfgJi0bnHs0zyvsd/QqDFz3wigYvG69s23U0iOaACVi8TYg8/N0ZsuaIZ0hwd/ft07LH+H13HUysxa/bROugBq5AmUsZv5YzX1QrEKzF9XG/1/SrmXf2NDDehNUGbf7zkg+I= Received: by 10.78.148.8 with SMTP id v8mr3777632hud; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:32:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.144.3 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:32:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:32:33 -0400 From: "Matt Arnold" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Gismu space? In-Reply-To: <1161922951.45418987bfc61@webmail.pdx.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1161922951.45418987bfc61@webmail.pdx.edu> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 12805 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On 10/27/06, Ryan Keppel wrote: > coi ju'o zoi gy. Is gismu space as full as cmavo space? I notice that the gismu > list is very old. Certainly there have been suggestions about this. What is > most annoying is that certain very specific gismu, like cinfo (lion) exist. By > themselves, they are fine. However, the lack of needed words in science, math, > and technology makes it a shame. Maybe it's the transhumanist in me speaking. I > would hope that gismu (and cmavo) would reflect a move towards science and > technology. We should not have idiocy like Christianity elevated to gismu. > Maybe make is a fu'ivla "irrational suiciders" or something. .gy. .u'inai co'o > fe'o Being given a gismu is not an elevation. Christianity is common enough in our world that needs to be spoken about frequently, and giving something a root word is making a covenient tool for doing so. -epkat 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.