From lukeabergen@gmail.com Mon Jan 11 11:21:29 2010 Received: from mail-yx0-f202.google.com ([209.85.210.202]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUPpL-0008Au-3Q for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:21:29 -0800 Received: by yxe40 with SMTP id 40so746494yxe.28 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:21:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=pbUy7Pl+bDhOER1jL7zBt8ETBOzfDY4BJf5WRJzt7Hw=; b=WPLpMHiJ42U9k2+XVNUB89XaWi+WEj9eMrc95VmZ/qAcrjRf+ZqHnT9uoS+WbaZLsq yWOvEfEOV6w+JbKenj4Kn1sFQgaeT63qPW10CpD1vXf27f+eXWxh4k0IynggpLU3KzHs xNuQoA3ew9R9z6ivwvAW27HdVws/j0oNw0vMY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=CEwXrqQdktUPMsi9o7vH6LaJ11glqBnkbTFnr88+Dm1lklsJm7OhUX3YDA3J0d5eyD 5ixRPwg8YcBTlqFbouKPaaqx5z25tGHi9ny8vpGBeQSoK0vZDFwBOvAVmKXL4Q9IA/Xp budTQZT4TJSIbY644/2VYEmmOB9hB23WAyN/k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.22.36 with SMTP id 36mr4835964ybv.19.1263237676144; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:21:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5715b9301001111119pc7e5edcm571f7ee31a0aee77@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100111191131.GF7910@digitalkingdom.org> <5715b9301001111119pc7e5edcm571f7ee31a0aee77@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:21:16 -0500 Message-ID: <5715b9301001111121p1a0694a5vcf3da0f6e7f2566d@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [lojban] Random fu'ivla formation thought. From: Luke Bergen To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd63c6ef419b7047ce87026 --000e0cd63c6ef419b7047ce87026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sorry, I meant to add an actual comment in addition to my snarky remark but accidentally hit send. I love this idea. One of the things about lojban that kind of bugs me is how quickly and easily words can get absurdly long. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Luke Bergen wrote: > Is there a lojban equivalent for "deja vu"? > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Robin Lee Powell < > rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote: > >> It seems to me that we should make fu'ivla, at least sometimes, the >> way English does: by contracting annoyingly long compound words. >> >> Example: "cellphone", which is its own word short for "cellular >> telephone" (at least), which are themselves compounds if I'm not >> mistaken. It seems to me that we could do something similar, by >> creating the crazy-long jvajvo word and then, if it's popular, >> ripping parts out in such a way as to create a *fu'ivla* rather than >> a less-jva-jvo >> >> Just a thought. >> >> -Robin >> >> >> -- >> They say: "The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons." >> And I'm thinking: "Does it even occur to you to try for something >> other than the default outcome?" See http://shrunklink.com/cdiz >> http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ >> >> >> 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. >> >> > --000e0cd63c6ef419b7047ce87026 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry, I meant to add an actual comment in addition to my snarky remark but= accidentally hit send. =A0I love this idea. =A0One of the things about loj= ban that kind of bugs me is how quickly and easily words can get absurdly l= ong. =A0

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Luke Bergen= <lukeabergen= @gmail.com> wrote:
Is there a lojban=A0equivalent=A0for "deja vu"?


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at = 2:11 PM, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
It seems to me that we should make fu'iv= la, at least sometimes, the
way English does: by contracting annoyingly long compound words.

Example: "cellphone", which is its own word short for "cellu= lar
telephone" (at least), which are themselves compounds if I'm not mistaken. =A0It seems to me that we could do something similar, by
creating the crazy-long jvajvo word and then, if it's popular,
ripping parts out in such a way as to create a *fu'ivla* rather than a less-jva-jvo

Just a thought.

-Robin


--
They say: =A0"The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons.&= quot;
And I'm =A0thinking: =A0"Does it even occur to you to try for some= thing
other =A0than =A0the default =A0outcome?" =A0See http://shrunklink.com/cdiz
http= ://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/


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