From lojban+bncCIycn8S8DhCVrJPqBBoEDDrUFg@googlegroups.com Sat Jan 29 19:08:21 2011 Received: from mail-vw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.212.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PjNeD-0004CL-G9; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:21 -0800 Received: by vws1 with SMTP id 1sf2676227vws.16 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version: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=/mtBYt2/CH/rns9XK19oxgNTtV8tf8+/GlOPAFF3mgQ=; b=qUIuYHplDlM0lNnFeejQYivogXd1gIZ+qnluTuA4rJb26jNd4WQxKnf1y+lTag7Pzi sQvnKWSiEaXssJRYLpHmF05cwgjyYPJMR9HoTN0hf7yuCfKzkKtjxUVCbjOGSuaZNoQf EdGPxjorQq4fyHpz/w/h+iqSKemjotXUBnSNw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version: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=CyREWNb9tLznqoMLcoX0Sn7TJu59ajEZaa1AFAijCMXrVXrhQjUCVAimE0KY99u7/o ioczMaVyAEZqR7c1Zw20ZelH6Hcsmas+p781lMCo/k82Bn3YKIvAEWHwXdQNqBxmvsrM m27wSlNKHrMsichX4S1rz+mG8z7ekLsRh/U6k= Received: by 10.220.202.6 with SMTP id fc6mr263154vcb.50.1296356885386; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:05 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.220.89.74 with SMTP id d10ls504082vcm.5.p; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.181.69 with SMTP id bx5mr865774vcb.2.1296356884364; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.181.69 with SMTP id bx5mr865773vcb.2.1296356884345; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-qw0-f45.google.com (mail-qw0-f45.google.com [209.85.216.45]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l22si3756823vbn.4.2011.01.29.19.08.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:03 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.45 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.45; Received: by qwk4 with SMTP id 4so4669168qwk.18 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.189.6 with SMTP id dc6mr4351004qcb.175.1296356883046; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.213.204 with HTTP; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:08:03 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: [lojban] Random Zipfy question 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 209.85.216.45 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 How come Spanish, Polish, Hebrew and lojban use only a single letter for the concept "and", and English uses three? Why are we so inefficient? Inquiring minds want to know.... --gejyspa -- 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.