[lojban-beginners] Gender trouble, (was Re: Re: Newbie Intro)

[Sunnan <sunnan@handgranat.org>]

Matt Arnold wrote:

> Geek used to be a bad thing, someone with low social skills, but not 
> anymore.
> "To geek. Verb. To enjoy an intense interest in an obscure specialty 
> of difficulty." This is what geek means. Here is a Wikipedia article:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeks
> Therefore, if anyone studies Lojban, they will probably meet this 
> definition.
> -epkat

It wasn't a complaint against the geek thing. I'm somewhat of a geek and 
used to be even more. It was about the sorority/fraternity thing; where 
I suggested pe'atamne instead.

> On 9/5/05, *Sunnan* <sunnan@handgranat.org 
> <mailto:sunnan@handgranat.org>> wrote:
>
>     coifi'i doi nei,omis
>
>     Matt Arnold wrote:
>
>     >     I am 15, am from Australia, and
>     >     > am NOT a geek (*gasp* surprise!)...I consider myself to be a
>     >     comfortable
>     >     > black-box user with amateur HTML skills, but no further.
>     >     Haha... if you're into Lojban, I'm sorry, you're a geek.  ;)
>     >
>     >
>     > I agree. Welcome to the noble fraternity of geeks (and sorority, let
>     > us not forget Nora K.B.).
>
>     And well, others. Can't we just be pe'atamne?
>     mi'e snan