Re: [lojban] Re: Penguicon Lojban Presentation

[Matt Arnold <mattarn@123.net>]

I understand the humor, but I also understand how Robin would be confused wondering what was cold about my presentation. {cma} had nothing to do with your joke. Or are you still joking?
-Matt

clifford-j@sbcglobal.net 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.
>

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