[lojban] Re: Deutschland

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Abbat" < phma@phma.optus.nu>
To: <lojban-list@lojban.org>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: [lojban] Deutschland


> The cmene can't be {doitclant} because of the doi/la/lai/la'i rule. The
> Book,
> IIRR, says it's {daitclant}. But the gismu is {dotco}, so why isn't the
> cmene
> {dotclant}?

Consider that both forms derive from the original 'deutsch/Deutschland', & each follows its own morphological rules. Hence 'dotco' is the closest possible word to 'deutsch' in (cultural-) gismu-space, while 'daitclant' is the closest possible word to 'Deutschland' in cmevla-space.

On Nov 10, 2007 6:17 PM, Nathaniel Krause <sen@lojbo.org > wrote:
I'm not sure why one would use a cmevla at all, since there happens to be a
lujvo, dotygu'e, available with the same meaning.

Some folks, myself included, are uncomfortable with the cultural gismu -- they seem to elevate  a couple dozen cultures above all the others. (And yes I know I use them, but within a year or so I'll probably dispense with their use entirely.)

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