In a message dated 10/29/2001 8:29:09 PM Central Standard Time, phma@oltronics.net writes:
There is a gismu {clika} which is glossed as moss or lichen. Which is it? The I suppose it is hopeless at this point to remind you that Lojban is an ordinary, not a scientific, language at its base, so it tends to groups things as ordinary people do, not as scientists do: molds (except mushrooms, toadstools, and yeast), lichens, and moss (and maybe even a few ferns) all go into the same pot in folk speech. |