Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 29 May 2003 10:34:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu ([18.7.7.76]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19LRIG-00014T-00 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Thu, 29 May 2003 10:34:24 -0700 Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h4THYNIT013670 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 13:34:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h4THYMhc013270 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 13:34:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from torg.mit.edu (TORG.MIT.EDU [18.243.1.228]) ) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h4THYMU8026244 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 13:34:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rob by torg.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19LRIE-0000jt-00 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 13:34:22 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:34:22 -0400 From: Rob Speer To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: How to say "good bye" Message-ID: <20030529173422.GA1424@mit.edu> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org References: <3ED49B9A.3048.734101@localhost> <3ED54CED.3000208@bilkent.edu.tr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3ED54CED.3000208@bilkent.edu.tr> X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 350 X-Approved-By: rspeer@MIT.EDU X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: rspeer@MIT.EDU Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 626 On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 12:57:33AM +0100, Robin Turner wrote: > I have a personal fondness for lujvo which keep the full form of the > second element. Sometimes it's for aesthetic reasons; sometimes it's to > increase the likelihood of the reader getting at least some of my > meaning; sometimes I can't be bothered to look up the rafsi. There are > some examples in the Beginner's Course, IIRC. See also the thread on > nonce lujvo. Right - shortened, minimum-score lujvo are fine when the word is significant enough to go in the dictionary, but for nonce lujvo it's nice to leave it expanded. -- mu'o mi'e rab.spir