From lojban+bncCMGclZyxExCL-6rwBBoEhLQ-dg@googlegroups.com Tue Jun 28 22:52:23 2011 Received: from mail-qw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.216.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QbnhG-0001ca-6d; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:23 -0700 Received: by qwh5 with SMTP id 5sf1125219qwh.16 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; 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:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=icfViSBI3DEkvrEWn+zZHLozOn2YIDsnwe7LsKGQhrQ=; b=PzANJTRRNYxZ46jLH2Ov2xKaGUIFXEW350A1Jtn68XUmQXF/e2a1ZCaXcbCQFpAMKQ YcgRa429jsxkgv4gemcirTespq7MvWUgO7u/id2i6pzuu4ut4Z5ZhCggzaOUit9rBITI oIuLvGtbqcjslTQlQaKleZVFPPkziZ9s6jurs= Received: by 10.229.94.198 with SMTP id a6mr41500qcn.11.1309326731053; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:11 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.224.181.131 with SMTP id by3ls225971qab.3.gmail; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.209.132 with SMTP id gg4mr516251qab.19.1309326730668; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.209.132 with SMTP id gg4mr516250qab.19.1309326730655; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vw0-f49.google.com (mail-vw0-f49.google.com [209.85.212.49]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ge31si819324qcb.2.2011.06.28.22.52.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:10 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of escaaape@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.49 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.49; Received: by vws8 with SMTP id 8so842083vws.36 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:10 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.114.165 with SMTP id jh5mr561566vdb.126.1309326730420; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.181.129 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:52:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110629054845.GN8547@digitalkingdom.org> References: <18295425.2260.1308825326908.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqie9> <0978f791-223c-4a08-9e67-a8cbf303beab@h17g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> <20110629054845.GN8547@digitalkingdom.org> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:52:10 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: translations and pragmatism (was Re: [lojban] Re: How it should have been. And how it could be.) From: Escape Landsome To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: escaaape@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of escaaape@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.49 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=escaaape@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: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Even if it comes from A's A in W, it *can* be used pragmatically. The point is, it will be a poetic usage of the language, you will qualify something of "a bread-and-butterfly" as in Alice's Adventures, for instance, or you will say somebody behave like the Cheshire Cat... So, even if it derives from a non-existent world, it HAS a lot of pragmatic content -- 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.