| Cowan on ivan:
<<> No, I think this one is much worse. The concepts `young' and `old' > are in fact scalar opposites. What scale are `curse' and `bless' on? Something like "x1 directs divine attention to x2, intended to have effect of degree N" where N varies from "highly positive effect"(blessing) to "highly negative effect" (curse).>> Not quite what {dapma} means, but a plausible reinterpretation for purposes of using {tol-} << Unlike Gandalf (and unlike Pycyn, it seems), I fail to see > how `good morning' can be thought of as anything other than > a mere formality. When was the last time you decided not > to say `good morning' to someone because it was not really > a good morning (it was raining, say), or you thought a good > morning was not something you wanted to wish him? The last time I passed a personal enemy.>> Well, pc admits that it can happen, but doubts that it does veryoften. He tends to say polite things even to enemies, i.e., deans, directors, chancelors and other academic vermin <<> There is a perfectly good Lojban expressionto use in all those > situations in which English speakers say `good morning', namely > {coi}. What do you need another one for? Well, Bilbo's final use of "Good morning!", which is perfectly idiomatic BTW, means more like "co'o".>> Touché and so also for most of the similar verbal strokes(“Good luck” is rarely a greeting and is even more selective in use.) BTW "bonan tagon" is classic malglico malspero |