[lojban-beginners] Re: confusing gismus

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Dec 31, 2007 3:44 PM, Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote:
> Jorge Llambías wrote:
> >
> > At least that's the theory. In practice I think most people just use {skapi}
> > even though {pilka} is wanted because {skapi} has keyword "skin" and
> > {pilka} has keyword "crust".
>
> More importantly, pilka might be used for a bread crust, but I don't
> think it is skapi except in a metaphorical sense.  I'm not certain about
> an orange peel or an eggshell - both are clearly pilka.

That's the distinction bret mentioned, but is skapi just the pilka of
an animal, or does it have to be the *extracted* (and processed?)
pilka from an animal?

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