[jbovlaste] Re: crab

["* Hieran Makhwali" <sarefo@googlemail.com>]

>> i haven't followed the discussion lately (if there was any), but
>> wasn't it considered bad style to use brazenly cultural fu'ivla for
>> non-cultural items?
>
> Opinions differ of course, but I consider Pierre's fu'ivla the epitome
> of good style.  They're some of my favorite words, and I feel he's
> added a lot to the beauty of our language.
>
> I'd consider sacrificing aesthetics for supposed cultural neutrality
> to be quite silly in a language that already has short rafsi for some
> cultures and only long fu'ivla for others.  And I'm not so convinced
> anyway that there's something ideally neutral about scientific Latin.

i've been wrestling with many of pierre's words when weeding through
parts of jbovlaste. yes some are esthetically pleasing. but i never
thought of this to be one of lojban's main design criteria. i think
when in doubt form should follow function. i don't like the "it's got
a latin root, thus it's recognizable by many people speaking romanic
languages" idea much. this is not esperanto. and yes, i'm aware
there's a conundrum when using linnean instead.

mi'e manti