[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 04

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Thursday 15 July 2010 16:04:43 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> You've lost me.  I can find no reference to grosulari anywhere.  What's
> wrong with defining sudjba as dried berry?  Isn't a grape a berry?

A grape is a berry, but the English says "currant", and a currant is not a 
grape (despite the etymology which means "Corinthian grape"), so I think the 
Lojban should have a more specific word. Currants are in the genus Ribes in 
the family Grossulariaceae (why it isn't called Ribetaceae I don't know). 
There is nothing wrong with defining "sudjba" as "dried berry".

Pierre
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La sal en el mar es más que en la sangre.
Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.