[lojban-beginners] Re: 'pro-sumti'

[Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:38:31 -0800, Robin Lee Powell
<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 08:56:43AM -0400, Betsemes wrote:
> > The word "pro-sumti" sounds to me like a mix of English and Lojban
> > (pro, English; and sumti, Lojban).
> 
> Yup.

Though if you want to call "sumti" Lojban, you should maybe call "pro-" Latin.

I'd argue that they're both English morphemes, one borrowed from Latin
and one borrowed from Lojban. Borrowing is handy and English is
certainly not averse to the practice.

I don't feel as if I'm using a Lojban word when I talk about sumti and
brivla (or possibly even about sumtis and brivlas), merely an English
word (though admittedly a jargon word not used much outside the sphere
of talking about logical languages -- but pretty much every area of
specialisation has its own jargon words).

YMMV.

mu'o mi'e .filip.
-- 
Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>