Received: from mail-wg0-f61.google.com ([74.125.82.61]:39620) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XuLuA-0005YA-JK; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:16 -0800 Received: by mail-wg0-f61.google.com with SMTP id n12sf553974wgh.16 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :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; bh=UlqSg9wbBDMzr+nnFM5fN2VVPY7eHvRz0TgFC3jEeR0=; b=XEIUDL5MMmgVdoJkwuhMGCaUXwBupdY+SHxrg1SKVS6OmAo5E4FGsxCRIx7PPlJJr/ fYJcDqJ1KK6IjvaYrAswkzfe+gYufLYSKxqfdCeWttrJlI9/Sg3t+738XR0eI8pNMVDx nmTSJEB+5lkVUNH9cR3V/tDO5lMHaEnFwKdSiqzCu64hblJP7tt1Ot9IXkIFn1K+EHJf zxzgqmCwJKRIUeBBmeghu0siO6VwVTqD6G6kFqo7iR+e0FxWhoIkrd91M6aqanX2M0HD T309gKS0is97NUTFtXw+xxE3wfK/kOKAzB6xBDp48lvclGy2mGE7pF3b39+9DtulMqY7 Ifqw== X-Received: by 10.152.6.71 with SMTP id y7mr313lay.30.1417182487527; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:07 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.152.1.100 with SMTP id 4ls723482lal.89.gmail; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:06 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.112.168.228 with SMTP id zz4mr11122644lbb.7.1417182486731; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-wg0-x229.google.com (mail-wg0-x229.google.com. [2a00:1450:400c:c00::229]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h10si334822wiw.2.2014.11.28.05.48.06 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:06 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of ilmen.pokebip@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:400c:c00::229 as permitted sender) client-ip=2a00:1450:400c:c00::229; Received: by mail-wg0-x229.google.com with SMTP id y19so8883178wgg.28 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:06 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.180.186.40 with SMTP id fh8mr61172879wic.40.1417182486580; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.102] (95-210-209-168.ip.skylogicnet.com. [95.210.209.168]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id h13sm29655586wiw.4.2014.11.28.05.48.02 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:48:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54787D03.8000809@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 14:47:47 +0100 From: Ilmen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [bpfk] BPFK Pages: Attitudinal Modifiers References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Sender: ilmen.pokebip@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of ilmen.pokebip@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:400c:c00::229 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=ilmen.pokebip@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Reply-To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list bpfk-list@googlegroups.com; contact bpfk-list+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 972099695765 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_bar: - Content-Length: 1125 On 28/11/2014 09:58, Gleki Arxokuna wrote: > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/BPFK+Section%3A+Attitudinal+Modifiers > > .i lo rectu be ko ku se canlu le briju vau ga'i nai > Get your meat right into my office, you maggot. > > According to Wiktionary "maggot" is a term of insult for a 'worthless'=20 > person, as if a bug. > > Was {ga'i} meant here instead? > I would interpret this sentence to mean =C2=ABI humbly command you that you= r=20 flesh occupies all the office's volume/space=C2=BB, which sounds rather sil= ly. The English version of the sentence would have been better rendered as=20 {lo rectu be ko ga'i cu zvati lo mi briju} or {ko'oi lo rectu be do ga'i=20 cu zvati lo mi briju}. mi'e la .ilmen. mu'o --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= BPFK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to bpfk-list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bpfk-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bpfk-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.