Re: [lojban-beginners] Obscene vocabulary

[".alyn.post." <alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org>]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:59:11AM -0700, Ruler11 wrote:
> Children please leave this theme.
> 
> No doubt the more emotional the language the easier it is to learn.
> 
> How can I use bad language in lojban ?
> Any short list of your favorite swearwords and swearphrases in
> lojban ?
> Any words, phrases and meanings accepted.
> 
> Life is life. We must discuss it.
> 

My basic understand of Lojban is that facts are not profane--you
might say "I'm going to excrete feces" to say "I'm going to the
bathroom" without negative connotation.

You can certainly be insulting, and rude, but it isn't the words so
much as the structure of a bridi that creates this effect.

-Alan
-- 
.i ko djuno fi le do sevzi

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