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[lojban-beginners] Luddite

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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Luddite
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:23:32 EDT
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In a message dated 2004-10-30 5:26:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:

"Luddite" apparently comes from the name of a Ned Lud,
an English laborer who was supposed to have destroyed
weaving machinery around 1779, so maybe {prenrludu}?

For the person, sure, but for what "Luddite" means now? That "prenr-" makes it seem pretty specific.

stevo

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