On 21.08.2006, 7:11, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> Yanis Batura wrote:
>> Hmm, my question was why {vlagi} was in the reference list of {mabla},
>> and not, say, {besna} or {since}.
> I guess because the list is in English, and in the culture of most
> English-speakers, {vlagi} is easily associated with {mabla}. In other
> words, while Lojban and its gismu may be culturally neutral, the English
> gismu list and its references aren't.
This is a satisfactory explanation! Why didn't I think of it before?
mi'e .ianis.
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