[lojban-beginners] Re: A Lojban song on YouTube

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

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 1:03 PM, David Cortesi <davecortesi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:21 AM, "Vid Sintef" <picos.picos@gmail.com>
> pointed to
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_nKJW_KuK4
>
> This video certainly inspires questions! And, given it has
> English subtitles, the question of "what are the Lojban words?"
> is not at  the top of my list... more intriguing questions that
> occur to me: Who is Nora Lee (of?) Alberta?

According to her YouTube profile she's 72 years old and from
Canada.

> Why did she(?)
> produce this elaborate video on (perhaps) a Canadian(?)
> historical (?) subject with a (presumably) original score
> and poetic narration?

Perhaps she is from Vulcan, Alberta.

> Having written it, why perform it
> in Lojban?

Lojban has been proposed at times as the language of the
Vulcans. Maybe that had something to do with it.

> Will there be an Episode 2?

a'o sai.

Meanwhile, I think I figured out that {poi ma'a} in my
transcription should be {pojma'a} for "volcano". Many of
her j's sound like "i". Perhaps she also speaks Esperanto.

> Also, note YouTube allows & encourages comments
> on videos. NoraLeeAlberta is probably hoping for
> an .i'ecai at least...

I'm not going to create a YouTube account just for that, but
i'esai from me if she reads this.

mu'o mi'e xorxes