Re: Parasite

["sshiskom" <mathmaniac@hanmail.net>]

G. Dyke wrote:

> I don't so much object to ji'etcu being definded as "parasite" --
> although I can[sic] think of better alternatives - as to Bob's
-- Isn't it "can't"? If not, suggest one!
> unwarranted enthusiasm faced with a Korean calque as opposed to the
> English calques we see so often.

I agree that {jmive} is not "saeng" as in "gisaeng", and use of the
same word for both concept of "alive" and "organic" is culture-centric,
metaphorical, therefore maybe non-lojbanic.

But don't call it "Korean calque"! It's rather "CJK calque", since
anyone from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, i.e. Han-Ideographic culture
will recognize it. You are right in that if "English calque" is bad,
"CJK calque" is equally bad, but I should point out that it is not
worse, since CJK population is not smaller than English population.

mi'e sanxiyn.