[lojban] Re: Another major jbovlaste update.

[Rob Speer <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:10:44AM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 March 2003 06:38, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote:
> > Although I do think that many of the natlang words should not be voted on
> > at all. Having lots of entries like "butter source" and "goodness
> > standard" in the dictionary would be rather inane, IMAO.
> 
> I don't think it's wrong to have "butter source" in the dictionary, but a lot 
> of the definitions of attitudinals are wrong. {ii}, for instance, should not 
> be translated "fear". It's something you say when you're afraid, not 
> something you say to talk about fear. Similarly, cruelty is kamkusru, not 
> uunai.

I think that most oblique places like "butter source" _should_ be left
out.  Unless it's a point of pride to be the only dictionary in
existence with an entry for "thing having gonad".

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