[lojban] Re: Let's be friends

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Norb=E4ck?= scripsit:

> > "metaphorical extension" AFAIU means that it can be used with that meaning in 
> > a tanru, even if the gismu by itself doesn't mean that.
> 
> So it's a bit wrong to call a dolphin a finpe, but xajyfinpe is ok? Or
> can you use a gismu metaphorically as well?

I see no problem with calling a dolphin lo finpe, though I wouldn't do it
myself, being something of a hard-liner in this particular matter.
(I hold a heterodox view on biological taxa, namely that they are individuals.)

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