Received: from mail-gg0-f189.google.com ([209.85.161.189]:44819) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SmFzB-00035X-6J; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:42 -0700 Received: by ggke5 with SMTP id e5sf7882019ggk.16 for ; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=5h0nfKMQdoDjVEtZLsHzxq5/Iw77BrR5dzCS7oUmmhw=; b=2jWd0OCMqSr3TggQkBgYPYTRpGE/vCs1JeumzXwVglshzEdvPkMd4IBs1hXcl/WUOB 9sDkmfwoaq9DbqhyA17L6Na2he+QGgKBVZychhEnehLhGCUuST5HNbKJ0mRgv62B/ful cbYibyC9E2oNjP/vTJz58ZJi+sHVpFVOyGoLg= Received: by 10.52.68.141 with SMTP id w13mr48622vdt.18.1341371430615; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:30 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.221.13.130 with SMTP id pm2ls4242804vcb.6.gmail; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.89.129 with SMTP id bo1mr16208123vdb.0.1341371429951; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.89.129 with SMTP id bo1mr16208122vdb.0.1341371429939; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vc0-f174.google.com (mail-vc0-f174.google.com [209.85.220.174]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y20si2664407vdd.0.2012.07.03.20.10.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:29 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of nictytan@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.174 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.220.174; Received: by vcbf11 with SMTP id f11so4640559vcb.19 for ; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.248.82 with SMTP id mf18mr1563667vcb.20.1341371429839; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:10:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.24.193 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 20:10:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <0e2dbe47-c06e-4c33-b7ab-61fb20aa7eda@googlegroups.com> From: Jacob Errington Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:10:08 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Inflections and slang words To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: nictytan@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of nictytan@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.174 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=nictytan@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 2919 Take my word for it, it's hilarious. {ko lebna lo mi valsi seva'uku} ;) mu'o mi'e la tsani On 3 July 2012 21:07, Cal Stepanian wrote: > Jacob, could you give an example of what you are referring to? It sounds > amusing, and it doesn't look like I can find such things by Google. > > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Jacob Errington wrote: >> >> Lojban works fine as it is without slang... >> The only slang I can think of are intentional word-for-word >> translations of natlang expressions, which are hilarious in Lojban, >> because it gets at the true interpretation. Other than that, there's >> intentional misuse of certain words, like {je'a} which I (and some >> others) use alone to mean something like a cross between {ie} and >> {go'i}. >> >> mu'o mi'e la tsani >> >> On 3 July 2012 20:37, azuriss wrote: >> > What about older terms like "fresh" or "funky"? :) My dad came up with >> > those >> > because he doesn't really see how a language could work without slang. >> > >> > >> > On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 8:21:02 PM UTC-4, azuriss wrote: >> >> >> >> How do inflections of the voice affect the meaning of a lojban >> >> sentence? >> >> And how would you express slang words? >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "Lojban Beginners" group. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban-beginners/-/MJ78MAut7yMJ. >> > >> > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Lojban Beginners" group. >> To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lojban Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. 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