[lojban] Re: Lojban word for Wikipedia

[Timothy Hobbs <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

shouldn't you be making a lujvo for this? {uikipedias} is a good 
lojbanisatoin,  however,  wikipedia is also a verb(like google).

On Saturday 05 August 2006 14:59, Nathaniel Krause wrote:
> There's been some discussion on the Lojban Wikipedia
> (http://jbo.wikipedia.org) about how to lojbanise the word "Wikipedia"
> (which is generally pronounced /ˌwɪkɪ'pi:diə/ or
> /ˌwiki'pi:diə/ in English). There doesn't seem to be a consensus
> there (and not a very active discussion, really), so I thought I'd solicit
> some opinions from the list. The options seem to be {uikipedias}, which is
> what appears in the logo, or {uikiPEdi,as}, which is how it's written on
> the front page. I think I prefer the former (which I read
> /wi.ki.'pɛd.jɑs/ -- I hope that's correct); the CLL implies that
> it's better to have emphasis on the penultimate syllable, and I think this
> achieves a more Lojbanic sound.
>
> I feel like this worth getting straight because it's embarrassing to
> Lojbanic project that can't even spell the name of the project
> consistently.
>
> I, to boot, don't really see any particular reason why the Lojban word for
> Wikipedia has to end with an {s}, although I don't imagine it will be
> possible to get Lojbanists to agree on something else.
>
> Cheersm
>
> mi'e .sen.
>
>  __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com

-- 
--
Timothy Hobbs
tim.thelion@gmail.com


To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org
with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if
you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.