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

["Donald McLean" <dmclean62@gmail.com>]

That's true - the ancient riddle of the Sphinx is a concept riddle and
would have more or less the same meaning regardless of language - as
evidenced by the fact that it is still around even though the language
that it was originally written in is long gone. This is in contrast to
the classic English riddle "What's black and white and read all over?"
which depends on the fact that "red" and "read" have the same
pronunciation.

Donald

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not all riddles are language-dependent for their puzzle. Probably many
> of them can be translated into any language.
>
> 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.
>>
>> -----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).
>>
>> 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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