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[lojban-beginners] Re: Heath is the Man!.
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 03:58:29PM -0800, Heath N. Caldwell wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 03:36:20PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 03:32:31PM -0800, Heath N. Caldwell
> > wrote:
> > > How would I say that Heath is the man?
> > >
> > > {la xit. mintu le pa nanmu} ?
> >
> > For myself, I'd say "doi .xit. .io sai".
> >
> > However, ignoring the semantices of the sentence, that
> > translation works, yes.
>
> Sweet, because that is my intended joke.
Erm, what is?
As epkat pointed out, though, it's a very un-Lojbanic translation.
{la .xit. pa mei nanmu} is much more Lojbanic.
-Robin
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