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Re: [lojban] Re: Tashunkekokipapi - Man-afraid-of his-horses
la xod cusku di'e
>This is mapping culturally-laden concepts from English into Lojban,
>instead of exploring reality from a Lojbanic worldview. Why bother with
>Lojban if it's used as a concept-for-concept cipher of English?
Indeed I wouldn't bother if Lojban were so used. I don't think
that is what we're doing by trying to find how to express in
Lojban what English expresses with "even". Do you think it is
a pointless exercise? How would you translate the name
"Man-They-Fear-Even-His-Horses".
co'o mi'e xorxes
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