[lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome

[turnip <turnip@bcpl.net>]

>===== Original Message From Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> =====

>
>> I'm sorry, I'm new here, but tell me this... if someone knew all the
>> basic vocabulary and the rules for creating new words, would they have
>> a good chance of knowing what rekyboldi'u means without any context
>> when they see it for the first time? What about with context?
>
>A frame-ball building.  Sounds like it would be reasonably easy to
>figure out.  The proof of such puddings is in "phone-games" aka "whisper
>down the line", which is something any would-be translator should
>participate in, to get an idea of how easily their tanru and lujvo are
>understood.
>

  Bob, as the originator of rekyboldi'u, I appreciate your vote of confidence 
:-)
doi lojbab le finti be zo rekyboldi'u be'o po'u mi ckire do lo nu do sarji mi

        --gejyspa