From lojban+bncCPGMg4mHHBDL9cTjBBoEpu0Dng@googlegroups.com Sun Aug 22 07:57:40 2010 Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.216.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OnBzK-0001pf-0o; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:40 -0700 Received: by qyk12 with SMTP id 12sf2334317qyk.16 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:received :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=poWiQ7DwXfsTS2uqMjbMigxhQ3eCTn2pWAmHDeBoOBM=; b=LlwJYZ2wLdGV3e7/NwrjdbQoCA8t0sYocs69vEnFK0oPpb6XDCPoi10JU/FkBvPH/g 2yla2HD81PlfEQ8ijb+pD8Ra/r8hTnXGTAH4UpHW5ZGFnAvKAIOqReS28EvlPXfRV1Os YL19bJP/uTHFgjkmieTZw/2RPV6rzD83JEOp8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=EdXFbmeao7BVrA50IPciZgsazwXi1Gjy/aVAPlpd9IbntSSIEsMUlqdTFXgAxEPdGR CdD3x7ABMI9Ql1axw4N7Gimggmaaet12D8MGaeSiCkegwi5fQkne8YYg66+D4dQfSKqQ O8I1ayj+LBgw6qISI0+4zW6IosDEeZtoErg9g= Received: by 10.224.64.204 with SMTP id f12mr198585qai.8.1282489035924; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:15 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.224.72.153 with SMTP id m25ls790704qaj.1.p; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.32.17 with SMTP id a17mr432760qad.6.1282489035421; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.32.17 with SMTP id a17mr432759qad.6.1282489035342; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id 2si3081033qci.10.2010.08.22.07.57.14; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:14 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of ivo.doko@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.54 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.54; Received: by mail-vw0-f54.google.com with SMTP id 7so5290830vws.13 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.124.198 with SMTP id v6mr2480972vcr.27.1282489032842; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.195.68 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:57:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <925330.70400.qm@web88002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <925330.70400.qm@web88002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:57:12 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Cool From: Ivo Doko To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: ivo.doko@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of ivo.doko@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.54 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=ivo.doko@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 22 August 2010 16:42, A. PIEKARSKI wrote: > In how many languages does 'cool' mean 'cool'? Funnily enough, a lot of non-English speakers have incorporated the word "cool" in their slang, even French: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cool#French With English being today's de facto lingua franca that was actually to be expected. For an ironical case in point, "de facto" is there in English because once upon a time Latin was the de facto lingua franca of Europe. Most languages don't have an analogue for the modern meaning of English "cool" anyway which makes incorporating that very word in the slang a reasonable alternative to inventing a new word just for that meaning. Thus, "cool" actually does mean "cool" in more languages than you'd think, if you count in the slang. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.