[lojban-beginners] Re: Watch out!

["Michael Eaton" <michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk>]

I was thinking more the literal meaning of {ckape} is a little over-dramatic. Makes me think of "DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!". Maybe that's just me...

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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Watch out!


2009/9/14 Michael Eaton <michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk>:
> From a purely practical standpoint, as opposed to a linguistic one, surely
> something that could be shouted loudly and quickly, ideally a single
> syllable, would be preferable. {ckape} would be a good, if overly dramatic,
> choice.

"Watch out!" in Japanese is usually "Abunai!", which is an exact
equivalent of {ckape}, with 3 syllables. So i wouldn't consider
{ckape} overly dramatic.





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