From lojban+bncCOjSjrXVGBD3rpPqBBoEUbjG8Q@googlegroups.com Sat Jan 29 19:14:15 2011 Received: from mail-yw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.213.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PjNju-0004Kd-Oa; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:14:15 -0800 Received: by ywh1 with SMTP id 1sf2814609ywh.16 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:14:04 -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 :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=NJUHBc0SSWofGXoP0y+0n7MhEVmPi7mlD6GKhkZriiE=; b=uciXE54E2C6ez8bYNocIHWgHAsPNLCMWQmR9YkKD7LBUNZH0NEt5ZSavhk+ZB7O0Sd uP0dxjCewXqfsnDLqFBCACvafys5Q8wMzIoVno/za8g9rVIYMqNfhYCWfswFRJ9EYdby BUO3u8qIcfgvhu64dmUdkFiCWUVawm3QCW+cU= 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=PiHtcpBHWEFm4sTXN4x0BcVohQ7LGe3iAGFaq7nfOzRr76/Q5lETFb4ZIxOQdxLE2W acKlFlDcdCkon6oLQKABJlYQX9HBjGN16XXnB4ws+g1Sj3wAen2R6CS9WaUHqm3lH/k5 X1yNnuXeLlZ+GUXD+bSEf3eO3e+E3OLxlC1Pk= Received: by 10.150.12.9 with SMTP id 9mr530181ybl.32.1296357239043; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:13:59 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.231.200.3 with SMTP id eu3ls4335474ibb.1.p; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:13:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.206.76 with SMTP id ft12mr2083134ibb.14.1296357238457; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:13:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.206.76 with SMTP id ft12mr2083132ibb.14.1296357238406; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:13:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-iw0-f175.google.com (mail-iw0-f175.google.com [209.85.214.175]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d9si4665914ibq.7.2011.01.29.19.13.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:13:57 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lukeabergen@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.175 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.175; Received: by mail-iw0-f175.google.com with SMTP id 8so4597179iwn.20 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:13:57 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.153.195 with SMTP id l3mr4772851ibw.150.1296357237209; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:13:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.200.148 with HTTP; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:13:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:13:57 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Random Zipfy question From: Luke Bergen To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: lukeabergen@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lukeabergen@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.175 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lukeabergen@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: multipart/alternative; boundary=005045015f5ba03ad8049b07b031 --005045015f5ba03ad8049b07b031 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 before getting too high on our galxirma do keep in mind that a (probably more) common form of english "and" takes 3 letters in lojban also... {joi} ;) On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Michael Turniansky wrote: > 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. > > -- 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. --005045015f5ba03ad8049b07b031 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable before getting too high on our galxirma do keep in mind that a (probably mo= re) common form of english "and" takes 3 letters in lojban also..= . {joi} =A0;)

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:= 08 PM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
=A0How come Spanish, Polish, Hebrew and lo= jban use only a single letter
for the concept "and", and English uses three? =A0Why are we so inefficient?

=A0Inquiring minds want to know....
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0--gejyspa

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