[lojban-beginners] Re: A question about gismu definitions

[Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com>]

Hrm... Okay, I guess this is the same issue I was having with
person--namely, it's not clear what definition of the English word the
gismu has.

Is it best to assume, then, that gismu are essentially free of any
connotations about desirability or undesirability (unless the gismu is
actually about such a thing, of course)?  So any of the connotations
about the desirability or lack thereof would best be accomplished with
attitudinals as I did before (+ cu)?

Chris

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 14:13, Alan Post <alanpost@sunflowerriver.org> wrote:
> Irritating could be a description of the effect that spicy food has
> in your mouth, which could rightly be described as irritating, even
> when the endorphins generated make that something you desire.
>
> Something being an irritant, in a chemical sense, doesn't imply a
> value judgement about desirability.
>
> -Alan