[lojban-beginners] Re: "I gotta go feed my baby turtles"

["Matt Arnold" <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

Luke,

Not all riddles are language-dependent for their puzzle. Probably many
of them can be translated into any language.

-Eppcott

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Rostowfske, Luke J
<luke.j.rostowfske@lmco.com> wrote:
>
> I guess more than jokes, what about riddles?
>
> Are there any good lojban riddles?  I know they are not as popular as
> they once were.
>
> Respectfully,
> Luke
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org
> [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of Donald McLean
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:47 AM
> To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: "I gotta go feed my baby turtles"
>
> Humor is generally culture specific. I know that at my house, things
> that have us rolling on the floor would mean nothing to most people.
>
> So, if you want to tell an English joke, use English (note that
> Americans might or might not find it funny and vice-versa).
>
> Donald
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:37 PM, tijlan <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
>> from
>> http://publius-ovidius.livejournal.com/288241.html
>>
>> "There is an artificial language called Lojban which is based on
>> predicate logic. It was created to form a language in which it is
>> impossible to form an ambiguous sentence. That's a bit of a shame as
>> it would eliminate so much humor."
>>
>> Do we have any workaround to retain as much humor in Lojban as in
>> English in terms of ambiguity?
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