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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] What do you say in response to a sneeze
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I considered Oren's point before posting.

It's a surprising coincidence that so many have something specific to
say to response to a sneeze.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 coul=
d 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 practic=
e
> 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 } (Col=
d).
>
> Maybe, except that "Brrr...." isn't a bridi, it's an attitudinal. (Or at
> least, the English equivalent.)
>
> --
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> .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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