From lojban+bncCIycn8S8DhDojLzlBBoE0I3GbA@googlegroups.com Fri Oct 08 04:54:32 2010 Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.216.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P4BWv-0006SS-MA; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:32 -0700 Received: by qyk10 with SMTP id 10sf240714qyk.16 for ; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:23 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=uAbajTL5CxbsGqPSP5MvA4pc+npfAlzxKg6ug6H5DUI=; b=aPvLOyDbruLi+By1CCrC0wLAnK83b3CBrmudODhO0SmLlfuBXcM5gH6s1XHVX8LLPR rXP2JMVjoF8raVVt01u57YlWqymJ590oxFRl7Q22tUx5C/okFxtrmaFDDmo0bKA9Mdgh Mgm0hUjie2AL4mSXu+hidXAbWbUG2e6YsTX2I= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=6t9FG6YvZD2DICE1jngPQKpABkivDcLF5MRbdD105gpaIfnbxwzbFAHFqzXJAXbKAz z5sw4tRbxHJ6cfU/+mavPP/Ej0TEBzkt7W6bjoEDOzj5CjpNddeE4JLokuZcngqoOlLZ u1/h19n451rSIceQohT/fou+Yj3KpmagDWRiU= Received: by 10.229.2.167 with SMTP id 39mr114205qcj.49.1286538856750; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:16 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.229.177.9 with SMTP id bg9ls389834qcb.1.p; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.247.203 with SMTP id md11mr331572qcb.4.1286538856098; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.247.203 with SMTP id md11mr331571qcb.4.1286538856075; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-qy0-f177.google.com (mail-qy0-f177.google.com [209.85.216.177]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id n15si1299841qcu.3.2010.10.08.04.54.15; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:15 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.177 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.177; Received: by qyk32 with SMTP id 32so1202626qyk.8 for ; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.213.199 with SMTP id gx7mr1909269qcb.141.1286538854874; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:54:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.85.3 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 04:54:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <0cee366c-9694-4744-b8fe-2d95a393f3a6@y12g2000prb.googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 07:54:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: a different weekday proposal From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.177 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Stela Selckiku wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote: > > > > It's not fear. It's laziness. In /every/ language, the most used words = are > > also the shortest. Even if we did use those names for the days of the w= eek, > > it's a guarantee that they will be shortened really quickly. Weekdays a= re > > used often enough that anything more than three syllables is a waste. > > I do agree that it's inevitable and useful that weekdays will have > short names, but I also think it would be nice if they had long names > too. =A0Long names have a richness to them, they can hold a story. =A0If > you think about it, the inevitability of well-used words being worn > down to short forms is just as good an argument for why we should > focus especially on making long names for things-- the short names, > after all, will naturally take care of themselves! > > As to the business at hand, anyone have an opinion of which day > xarjvectibadnydei should be? =A0I don't care which day it is, I'm just > looking forward to shooping some bananas! > > =A0 I think we need a rolroibadnypeidei for you, selkik --gejyspa --=20 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. 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