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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Oren <get.oren@gmail.com> wrote:

> In Chinese, you don't say anything in response to a sneeze.
>
> bi'u
>
> Before I really knew what 'bless you' and 'gesundheit' were really
> expressing (that i'm wishing they were healthier), I just thought it was a
> polite way of acknowledging a sneeze occured. Maybe one translation could be
> { senci } (Sneeze).
>
> bi'unai
>
> If a Chinese person hears { ko kanro }, I imagine they'd call malglico (or
> rather, malropno) foul.
>

I'm calling B.S. on that. Just because one culture doesn't have a practice
doesn't make that practice mabla.


> One similar situation might be for the english expression "Brrr," for which
> (likewise) there is no Chinese equivalent. One translation of 'brr' into
> lojban that might make sense to a Chinese speaker is { lenku } (Cold).
>

Maybe, except that "Brrr...." isn't a bridi, it's an attitudinal. (Or at
least, the English equivalent.)

-- 
mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Oren <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:get.oren@gmail.com">get.oren@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir=3D"ltr">In Chinese, you don&#39;t say anything in response to a sn=
eeze.<div><br></div><div>bi&#39;u</div><div><br></div><div>Before I really =
knew what &#39;bless you&#39; and &#39;gesundheit&#39; were really expressi=
ng (that i&#39;m wishing they were healthier), I just thought it was a poli=
te way of acknowledging a sneeze occured. Maybe one translation could be { =
senci } (Sneeze).</div>


<div><br></div><div>bi&#39;unai</div><div><br></div><div>If a Chinese perso=
n hears { ko kanro }, I imagine they&#39;d call malglico (or rather, malrop=
no) foul.</div></div></blockquote><div><br>I&#39;m calling B.S. on that. Ju=
st because one culture doesn&#39;t have a practice doesn&#39;t make that pr=
actice mabla.<br>
=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8=
ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><div></div><div>One similar situation might be for the english exp=
ression &quot;Brrr,&quot; for which (likewise) there is no Chinese equivale=
nt. One translation of &#39;brr&#39; into lojban that might make sense to a=
 Chinese speaker is { lenku } (Cold).</div>
</div></blockquote></div><br>Maybe, except that &quot;Brrr....&quot; isn&#3=
9;t a bridi, it&#39;s an attitudinal. (Or at least, the English equivalent.=
)<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>mu&#39;o mi&#39;e .aionys.<br><br>.i.a&#39;o.=
e&#39;e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do z=
o&#39;o<br>
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )<br><br>

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