From lojban+bncCNCCoMTMDhCRwa_lBBoEUKo44Q@googlegroups.com Tue Oct 05 19:36:18 2010 Received: from mail-wy0-f189.google.com ([74.125.82.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P3Jrb-0007sZ-U7; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:36:18 -0700 Received: by wyb40 with SMTP id 40sf1840652wyb.16 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:36:09 -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:received:mime-version:received:from :date:message-id:subject: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=JCou4K3cwfKGdxnmTsn08//EFi0fFpHnKuqpEKxxASE=; b=h/Bia1Z2FGno3v2InBDxpPEBbdS2IQSlWv6uSCvTNsUQhlvTvlM12iyMzJLqO+ZLHb gNuuNRT945oeJzLZe/+2CYLRIMuCktnF1YpRSTtvMlgSd3yeSBYM+YEnr+FI+B37LBkY 91ukw9VhCeuICHAG8ZifnbqyKlTP5hxt+x7rI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject :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=wP/TRza5IOVHkigXwrKGpLOhag2d53SvJNj9DMout5R2mT7kng49r4POfvnc6cePvb fsgQFEoWB7xXkVv5MPaN9srrD3Y+DdGbZQYMPg7VlpcGho/UDftVcTYy/tQuqnBOE/LO 1ZG8dAem12/7xN1Fgp1nqxaUTT2CY/MF8XTjc= Received: by 10.216.144.25 with SMTP id m25mr2247166wej.9.1286332561386; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:36:01 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.227.39.10 with SMTP id d10ls2248921wbe.2.p; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:36:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.128.76 with SMTP id j12mr484781wbs.19.1286332560527; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:36:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.128.76 with SMTP id j12mr484780wbs.19.1286332560500; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:36:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-ww0-f42.google.com (mail-ww0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id a37si112255wba.7.2010.10.05.19.35.59; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of selckiku@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.42 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.42; Received: by wwb13 with SMTP id 13so350074wwb.1 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.144.2 with SMTP id x2mr10565387wbu.76.1286332557407; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:35:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.139.198 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 19:35:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Stela Selckiku Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:35:27 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: [lojban] a different weekday proposal To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: selckiku@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of selckiku@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.42 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=selckiku@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 Since we're back on weekdays, going around the same arguments as usual, I thought I'd try proposing something new. Numbers are arbitrary, and there exist several contradictory systems in the world so they could be confusing. The cimjvo we borrowed from Japanese or whatever are just as arbitrary to most Lojbanists, and many people feel they violate our longstanding (if rarely achieved) goal of being za'e klunu'i (kulnu zei nutli, culturally neutral). So here's an entirely different idea: Let's make new lujvo for the weekdays (and perhaps months, etc) with meaning in Lojbanic culture. We could simply choose things to do on the various days of the week, and name the days for what we've decided to do on them! Then the seven names of the days of the week won't just be some arbitrary facts to learn, but rather important meaningful facts that will tie new Lojbanists closer to our culture, and that will enrich and deepen our culture. Here are a few random ideas I thought of, just to prime the pump. Back when I was doing the .jefnuz. project, I was putting out the weekly news on the same day every week, I think it was Sunday. So we could restart a weekly news project, and the day the news came out could be known as za'e "nuzdei" (nuzba zei djedi, news day). Another random idea: We could have a day for acting silly, and call it za'e "bebdei" (bebna zei djedi, fool day). Anyone else have an idea for a Lojbanic weekday? mi'e la stela selckiku mu'o -- 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.