From lojban+bncCOjSjrXVGBCz0MvxBBoEpt3Upw@googlegroups.com Fri Jul 29 10:05:08 2011 Received: from mail-fx0-f61.google.com ([209.85.161.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QmqUg-0005c6-Ej; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:05:07 -0700 Received: by fxd2 with SMTP id 2sf7464007fxd.16 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; 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:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; bh=IjQjPsyg4e7oR0cvUQeyrqw6GxpZvurntZyVx3qinlE=; b=iNm6XGmh3GPUptzA5rIQzpSNWZLDvqIT4vqXuOeZ/Xh+7ocBoDa0Bf9XgkRratLoc9 MT2WfrGKiif+bM9kNh69S+csPXGQ6XhSLUZi8vle+LG4cwz4vZjoE93a0Dz6xWNT8sYp 7Qj2l746GFvGxCyFlSbjDVyJxXhkxEFam7BRg= Received: by 10.223.158.70 with SMTP id e6mr838797fax.12.1311959091639; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:51 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.227.106.37 with SMTP id v37ls5195915wbo.1.gmail; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.172.202 with SMTP id m10mr87356wbz.11.1311959090841; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.172.202 with SMTP id m10mr87355wbz.11.1311959090822; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wy0-f176.google.com (mail-wy0-f176.google.com [74.125.82.176]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c25si4093642wbp.1.2011.07.29.10.04.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lukeabergen@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.176 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.176; Received: by mail-wy0-f176.google.com with SMTP id 34so105028wyg.35 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.195.138 with SMTP id ec10mr2178514wbb.87.1311959090469; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.47.135 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.47.135 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:04:50 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Gerunds, infinitives and other technicalities 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 74.125.82.176 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: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf300259ca8c1cb904a9384775 --20cf300259ca8c1cb904a9384775 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yeah but in general what if I want to define a word and put a books worth of connotation into it? Do we want words in lojban that are defined as "x1 is a concept the meaning of which is defined as the amalgamation of all the writings about it"? As more people start coining new words I can definitely see definitions turning into very long things. On Jul 29, 2011 12:53 PM, "John E Clifford" wrote: -- 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. --20cf300259ca8c1cb904a9384775 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

Yeah but in general what if I want to define a word and put a books worth of connotation into it?

Do we want words in lojban that are defined as "x1 is a concept the meaning of which is defined as the amalgamation of all the writings about it"?

As more people start coining new words I can definitely see definitions turning into very long things.

On Jul 29, 2011 12:53 PM, "John E Clifford" <kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrote:

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