[lojban] Re: Penguicon Lojban Presentation

[John E Clifford <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

--- Robin Lee Powell
<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 02:07:32PM -0700, John
> E Clifford wrote:
> > 
> > --- Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 01:08:51PM -0700,
> John E Clifford wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > --- Jorge Llamb?as <jjllambias@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > On 4/28/05, Robin Lee Powell
> > > <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 06:59:11AM
> -0700,
> > > > > John E Clifford wrote:
> > > > > > > cmalenku
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ki'a sai .o'o cu'i
> > > > > 
> > > > > pe'i smudji zo zabna i cumki ji'a fa lo
> nu
> > > lo tu vensa za'o na
> > > > > banzu glari'a 
> > > > > 
> > > > Well, yes, it was meant to be favorable
> and,
> > > yes, Spring here has
> > > > goone from 8os back to 40s (Fahrenheit,
> > > obviously).  But all I did
> > > > was observe -- like Robin -- that the
> events
> > > described were cool
> > > > (calque and thus not really approved, but
> it
> > > was a short joke).
> > > 
> > > Wow.  I'm so used to the literalism of
> Lojban
> > > that, as usual, the
> > > joke never occured to me.
> > > 
> > Gee, I can't even claim this as a fancy
> > metaphorical lujvo; {cma} has been used
> > consistently as a diminutive and/or lessening
> > prefix since the get-go.
> 
> *blink*
> 
> Is that relevant?
> 
> I was talking about "cool" meaning "good".
> 
Sorry.  You mentioned literalism and I took you
to be commenting the structure of {cmalenku},
which is less analytic than most compounds (but
has roots going back to Loglan).  As noted, using
the calque is disapproved of -- from literalness
again, as you say.  I missed that aspect of the
literal-fixation.
> 
>