[jbovlaste] Re: the common cold and the flu

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

2009/10/29 Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>:
> .i la tolvut. na tolvutu .i lo gerku .a lo volmabru cu tolvutu .i lo
> nimrycau blopre cu skorbuti

cfipu .i mi semau nelci lo su'u ge la tolvut cu tolvutu gi lo gerku cu
tolvutu bilma


> On Wednesday 28 October 2009 12:56:26 tijlan wrote:
>> 2009/10/28 Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>:
>> > For the flu, I propose "la grip", but "fluenza" for the brivla.
>>
>> Why not "fluenz" for the cmevla?
>
> Nothing wrong with it. Some languages have one, some have the other.

Both "fluenz" and "grip" are of European origins. We already have to
compromise etymological neutrality with "fluenza", where establishing
a copy of yet another European word of the same meaning will only
complement the advantage to speakers of European languages, i think.


mu'o mi'e tijlan