From lojban+bncCJ2UzZHuDRCe5ejnBBoEvMKg6Q@googlegroups.com Sat Dec 04 04:23:09 2010 Received: from mail-wy0-f189.google.com ([74.125.82.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1POr8r-0008RP-Hq; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:23:09 -0800 Received: by wyb35 with SMTP id 35sf8194472wyb.16 for ; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:22:59 -0800 (PST) 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=N7E/soZwUs9oAvrDQeXrM2pgxZB9CaSuTCgL5kV53+w=; b=UgGp+VkGeMe/pPBjqZ/12G1CMc5vqychEJOFKJOasKM3AuzdzJ2FEbgfEUZ3LqAkWP TJ8fz+UdGbo40ALMsyDMOerXjErpedwa6NYWskpaQ0FOD3POPPY6dEeQtTMrpxRTzJtO 8zLpv6XlK4idOad218obejnuCUTX9x3ZH1BHs= 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=LQA7qW/Rfujvq8D/P1T9oGv/1wUplABd6rWAn/Y4lOl6VndE9c1MGjmImtUQp2xJRh v1M3jWQzdb7Al735DFN4QV9IYuoM1gFhj5DRQD0IU5wQfPMMOtOfMizL5sEZfIShQM5x AvnbQE4QkPIUP2MCbMmJlAC+N62PwPh/IlBzQ= Received: by 10.216.159.205 with SMTP id s55mr54672wek.12.1291465374125; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:22:54 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.216.62.75 with SMTP id x53ls4427731wec.3.p; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:22:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.82.17 with SMTP id n17mr156345wee.6.1291465372368; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:22:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.82.17 with SMTP id n17mr156344wee.6.1291465372342; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:22:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ww0-f46.google.com (mail-ww0-f46.google.com [74.125.82.46]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id m20si332701weq.3.2010.12.04.04.22.51; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:22:51 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.46 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.46; Received: by mail-ww0-f46.google.com with SMTP id 40so4278810wwj.27 for ; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:22:51 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.134.129 with SMTP id j1mr3240193wbt.67.1291465371181; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:22:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.39.139 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 04:22:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 09:22:51 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] orc and ogre 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 74.125.82.46 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 Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Remo Dentato wrote: > I'm not clear on the difference between an orc and an ogre I think the two main differences are their size, ogres are much larger than humans, while orcs are more human size, and their social habits, ogres are usually found alone, while orcs tend to appear in large groups. What is the proper collective noun for orcs? Pack of orcs? >(in Italian > they both translate to "orco"). If i'm not mistaken in the Italian > translation of Tolkien's "The Lord of Rings" for orc they used the > word "orchetto" which I really dislike (it means "little orc"). > > Any idea on how to render the difference in Lojban? I would suggest ".orko" and ".ogro", but they are both types of crida, so you could make a lujvo with that. ".ogro" are also a type of "brabracrida". 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.