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On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Lindar <lindarthebard@gmail.com> 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.
>>
>
> {zanru} and {selmanci} or {zgiselmanci} specifically for music.
>
> There are plenty of weird words that we have that don't map to English if
> you're looking for something like that. Like {ckavre} means like...
> reclining in bed. The problem with Lojban is that you can't really just
> assign an arbitrary new meaning to a word or add implication to a word.
> That's not part of the language. We have weird words that don't map to
> English perfectly and we have some silly addages/phrases/words like {.i
> ko'a muvdu .ije le drata ku klama fu zi'o}, which is like "Six of one,
> half-a-dozen of the other.", but doesn't actually say that.
>
> So... no, we don't have words for "rock n' roll" or "funky" or "bitchin'",
> but neither does Japanese or Chinese or Arabic. >_>
>

All these languages have ways of saying "rock 'n roll", although Japanese
borrowed it from English. "Funky" and "bitchin'" are indeed slang, and I
wonder what a non-slang 'translation' into English would be for them.

stevo

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Lindar <=
span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:lindarthebard@gmail.com" target=3D"_=
blank">lindarthebard@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">

<div class=3D"im"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0;margi=
n-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What about older =
terms like &quot;fresh&quot; or &quot;funky&quot;? :) My dad came up with t=
hose because he doesn&#39;t really see how a language could work without sl=
ang.<br>

</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>{zanru} and {selmanci} or {zgiselman=
ci} specifically for music.</div><div><br></div><div>There are plenty of we=
ird words that we have that don&#39;t map to English if you&#39;re looking =
for something like that. Like {ckavre} means like... reclining in bed. The =
problem with Lojban is that you can&#39;t really just assign an arbitrary n=
ew meaning to a word or add implication to a word. That&#39;s not part of t=
he language. We have weird words that don&#39;t map to English perfectly an=
d we have some silly addages/phrases/words like {.i ko&#39;a muvdu .ije le =
drata ku klama fu zi&#39;o}, which is like &quot;Six of one, half-a-dozen o=
f the other.&quot;, but doesn&#39;t actually say that.</div>

<div><br></div><div>So... no, we don&#39;t have words for &quot;rock n&#39;=
 roll&quot; or &quot;funky&quot; or &quot;bitchin&#39;&quot;, but neither d=
oes Japanese or Chinese or Arabic. &gt;_&gt;</div></blockquote><div><br>

</div><div>All these languages have ways of saying &quot;rock &#39;n roll&q=
uot;, although Japanese borrowed it from English. &quot;Funky&quot; and &qu=
ot;bitchin&#39;&quot; are indeed slang, and I wonder what a non-slang &#39;=
translation&#39; into English would be for them.=A0</div>

<div><br></div><div>stevo=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div cla=
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