Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Inflections and slang words

[Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com>]

Take my word for it, it's hilarious.

{ko lebna lo mi valsi seva'uku}

;) mu'o mi'e la tsani

On 3 July 2012 21:07, Cal Stepanian <ziphilt@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jacob, could you give an example of what you are referring to? It sounds
> amusing, and it doesn't look like I can find such things by Google.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Lojban works fine as it is without slang...
>> The only slang I can think of are intentional word-for-word
>> translations of natlang expressions, which are hilarious in Lojban,
>> because it gets at the true interpretation. Other than that, there's
>> intentional misuse of certain words, like {je'a} which I (and some
>> others) use alone to mean something like a cross between {ie} and
>> {go'i}.
>>
>> mu'o mi'e la tsani
>>
>> On 3 July 2012 20:37, azuriss <azuritiss@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > What about older terms like "fresh" or "funky"? :) My dad came up with
>> > those
>> > because he doesn't really see how a language could work without slang.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 8:21:02 PM UTC-4, azuriss wrote:
>> >>
>> >> How do inflections of the voice affect the meaning of a lojban
>> >> sentence?
>> >> And how would you express slang words?
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