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Re: FAQ

To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
Subject: Re: FAQ
From: Scott Brickner <sjb@UNIVERSE.DIGEX.NET>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:06:54 -0600
In-reply-to: (Your message of Wed, 10 Jan 1996 14:19:19 MST.) <199601102126.OAA25056@teal.csn.net>
Reply-to: Scott Brickner <sjb@UNIVERSE.DIGEX.NET>
Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>

Chris Bogart writes:
>Lojban List FAQ      Dec 7, 1995

...

>2. How do you borrow words from other languages?

...

>The quintessential example is {djarspageti}, meaning "spaghetti".  {dja} is the
>classifier: it's the short form (rafsi) for {cidja}, meaning "food".  {r} is
 the
>glue: its necessary to keep the word from falling into two parts.  {spageti} is
>the Lojbanized version of "spaghetti".

Is {djarspageti} really the best choice?  I think it understates the effect
of "lojbanizing" the source word, which must be forced to end in a vowel
when it doesn't, as (e.g.) blotyskunri demonstrates.

Of course, "nri" isn't a rafsi, so the comments about ambiguity don't
apply.  Maybe there's a choice which shows both?

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