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Re: [lojban] Re: open and save

The use of the lojban word <dacru> for a computer file is not malglico. The analogy of computer file to a paper file is a language-independent extension of the concept of file to cyberspace. <vreji> is not an apt lojban word for file. A file *contains* records.

On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 11:53 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 11:36:23PM -0600, sbelknap wrote:

open is "get file": cpadacru
save is "put file": pujdacru

<despair>
Nooooooo!
</despair>

dacru is *not* a file in a computer!

 dacru dac          drawer
		     x1 is a drawer/file in structure x2, a [sliding
		     compartment] container for contents x3


You want vreji.

-Robin