Re: status of ka (was Re: [lojban] x3 of du'

[Andrew Smith <andrew@ling.ed.ac.uk>]

Actually, John, can you get me one as well?

>From here in Britland I've only ever heard 'bomb' as 'to fail, a
disaster', and I don't know 'the bomb'. Interesting that you think to bomb
is British, as I'd assumed it was American!

Andrew

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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> 
> > English dialect? I've spent my whole life in California, and have
> > Nick's meaning for "bomb" in my dialect just fine. (Generally, "bomb"
> > as a verb seems to mean "to fail", while "the bomb" is something good,
> > cool, great, etc.)
> 
> Okay, okay. Where do I go to get my Old Fart certificate?
> I obviously need one. :-)
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