[lojban] Re: odd humor

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 11:18:58AM -0500, Ben Goertzel wrote:
> 
> One thing is certain -- among the creators of the Lojban
> vocabulary were some folks with a childish but sometimes good
> sense of humor, using puns that combine Lojban pronunciation with
> English typography...
> 
> For instance
> 
> dog = gerku   ???  (my wife, a dog-lover, doesn't like that
> one...)
> 
> I eat meat == me citka le rectu  (kinda graphic, no?? ...  ;p)

Umm, Ben?  What are you talking about?

I don't see any humour here.

BTW, the gismu were all created by taking the sounds for the word in
question from the six most widely spoken languages and mushing the
sounds together.

-Robin

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