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[lojban] Re: spopa

To: xod@thestonecutters.net
Subject: [lojban] Re: spopa
From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:46:31 -0500 (EST)
Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org
In-reply-to: <20021112123343.S56146-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> from "Invent Yourself" at Nov 12, 2002 12:34:21 PM
Reply-to: jcowan@reutershealth.com
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Invent Yourself scripsit:

> Why would you hesitate to correct it to pacna?

The whole point is that John's grasp of Lojban is perilously weak.  If you
are translating a Russian novel in which one of the characters speaks with
a marked German accent, you would represent his dialogue as German-flavored
English.  You wouldn't just wash the accent away.

-- 
John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>     http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

Follow-Ups:
- [lojban] Re: spopa
  - From: Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>
- [lojban] Re: spopa
  - From: "And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>

References:
- [lojban] Re: spopa
  - From: Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>

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