Re: [lojban] BPFK: Salvo 2 (list naziing)

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Nick Nicholas scripsit:

> >The argumentum ad baculum I can face bravely, but the argumentum
> >ad bacillum leaves me on the floor (unless penicillin works; I'm
> >allergic to tetracyclines).
> 
> .i ku'i doi djan. cmagrana po'o .o'anai (argumentum ad etymologiam)
> 
> Well, that'll learn me to use them high-falutin' words...

Well, you're right, "bacillum" *is* the diminutive of "baculum".
I was just being sassy.

ko lauba'u gi'e bevri lo cmagrana

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