Re: [lojban-beginners] {le} and {lo}

[Paul Predkiewicz <paul.predkiewicz@gmail.com>]

oh, sorry, in german the word plastik refers to both the material as
well as beeing another word for sculpture. only differing in the
gender of the word, sculpture beeing female and the material beeing
neutral. in my ignorance i thought it was the same in english.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Paul Predkiewicz
<paul.predkiewicz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is slasi really the material? and not plastic as in sculpture? cuz
> thats how i thought it was meant..
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Current practice is away from using inaccurate descriptions in any
>>> circumstance.  It turns out there's not much reason to really.  Once
>>> upon a time we were thinking maybe if you wanted to refer to a little
>>> plastic bear, you might want to call it {cribe}, bear.  But why?  You
>>> can just as easily refer to it as a {slasi}, plastic, and avoid all
>>> controversy and confusion.
>>
>> Because in my bedroom, I have a plastic fan, a plastic box, a plastic bottle
>> in addition to a plastic bear, but if the plastic bear is not the only bear
>> in my room, please tell me so that I can run.
>>
>> Although, in choosing to refer to it as either a {slasi cribe} or a {cribe
>> slasi}, I'd prescribe the latter
>>
>>
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