On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Jonathan Jones = <eyeonus@gmail.co= m> wrote:

What? That's just plain back= wards. Is there a single other language in which the canon definition is in= a different language?=20

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Klingon.

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stevo

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:28 AM, MorphemeAddict = <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:

The canonical definitions are and always have been the English definit= ions. To check whether a Lojban definition is right, it's checked again= st the English.

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stevo

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Jonathan Jones <= eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:

Ideally, /every/ Lojban word should be defined in Lojban. And whenever= a word /is/, that most certainly /is/ the canonical definition.=20

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:

what could be more canonical for= the definition of a word than the lojbanic definition in jbovlaste?=20

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Thomas Jack <thomasjack@gmail.com> wrote:

> According to how this CAhA is actually defined, {ro datka ka'= e
> flulimna} means {lo nu ro datka cu flulimna cu cumki}, which I= 9;m not
> sure would be true if there already is an actuality where s= ome ducks
> can't swim.

Ah, do you take the Lojban<->Lojban= definition ({fi'o se cumki}) at
jbovlaste to be canonical?

U= nfortunately I don't think this is a safe strategy in general,
whether or not xorxes is right about {ka'e}.

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