[lojban-beginners] Re: "biker gangs"

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 02:33:31AM -0400, Andrew Archibald wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 01:34:03AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> > I was mulling over the sample discussed here a while back that, in
> > its initial form, used "relxilma'e zekri girzu" to mean "biker
> > gangs".
> 
> > Quite aside from using "relxilma'e" to mean "motorcycle" as distinct
> > from "bicycle" (it seems to me that it really refers to both),
> 
> Well, in fact it was me that used it, and I did not attempt to use it
> to mean "motorcycle but not bicycle"; I decided it was better to leave
> it vague about which was meant, figuring out that most readers could
> figure out that bicycle gangs are not normally very threatening.  

But it's a great mental picture.  :-)

-Robin

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