From lojban+bncCJ2UzZHuDRCUkK3mBBoEmwUjUw@googlegroups.com Fri Oct 29 15:18:11 2010 Received: from mail-ww0-f61.google.com ([74.125.82.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PBxGy-00033H-KC; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:18:11 -0700 Received: by wwb34 with SMTP id 34sf2041207wwb.16 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:18:02 -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=YfrjfZnpxkkYKHZ8RdYyTcCK/a69PimIhsK0aHiVpRU=; b=KMyiUF0CNCMam9kzNziexEkrNhFOEkk0ATZGUlCyRVx7s9bEs5xzcTSML1WnRmpNdS BlzkzW+ZCeGA9EI3aACuXRoapK/DaSu00PEbdWjXq13ZXnOzA2ks8t2aIrShUDUJCH7q aU2KTA7OGEt9bBqpZ7mQa53oC291UHFR7NuLA= 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=WAYGOdkrntlt74F0LrKsf5tOZK0sEQDYsNN9+REtaXtuu9731ft1z/ExBwhXrw/MB6 4Edws9GbG+dGeYACekr/myFs6/oq2RWINQBIo0BYyKf5hmCAgoRDrML47eWHpPkEvF0s zf6z/BOXiIBCfz6O3jQxb/gXmWFmpQCXWzgiI= Received: by 10.216.72.142 with SMTP id t14mr335788wed.18.1288390676711; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:56 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.227.131.162 with SMTP id x34ls1216827wbs.0.p; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.128.83 with SMTP id j19mr615415wbs.2.1288390675823; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.128.83 with SMTP id j19mr615414wbs.2.1288390675754; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wy0-f177.google.com (mail-wy0-f177.google.com [74.125.82.177]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id q27si1083721wbv.1.2010.10.29.15.17.54; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:54 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.177 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.177; Received: by mail-wy0-f177.google.com with SMTP id 22so3515818wyf.8 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.133.140 with SMTP id f12mr139016wbt.139.1288390674284; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.32.140 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:17:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:17:54 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Lujvo coinage in a hypothetical Lojbanistan From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?= To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: jjllambias@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.177 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jjllambias@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 Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Ian Johnson wrote: > How would you > introduce your new concept to other Lojbanists in Lojban if it is indeed a > new concept to the language? In the same way you do it in English, by using the new word in an appropriate context. > I know that, for example, I recently coined {fazycmadau}. When trying to > explain to selckiku what I meant, I had to resort to saying that it {simsa > zo'oi nitpick} (the rest of the conversation was in Lojban). Suffice it to > say that he responded with {.ua}. You could have explained it in lojban, "darlu .ije lo nu darlu cu fanza ki'u lo nu srana lo cmalu tcila" or whatever you had in mind. But how did you learn what "nitpick" means in English? You just heard it used in the right contexts often enough. mu'o mi'e xorxes -- 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.