Re: [lojban] Re: word for "www" (was: Archive location.)

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 02:20:09AM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell
> > On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 11:00:03PM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> > > Robin CA:
> > > > The whole *point* of lujvo, unless I'm missing something, is
> > > > that someone should be able to dissect them and figure out what
> > > > you mean.
> > > 
> > > Not so. Lujvo are simply a means of creating new words for new
> > > meanings. However, other things being equal (e.g. word length), a
> > > candidate lujvo is held to be the more superior the more its
> > > meaning and place structure can be guessed from its constituent
> > > parts.
> > 
> > I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not.  8)
> 
> Not. It is not the case that the whole point of lujvo is that someone
> should be able to dissect them and figure out what you mean. The whole
> point of lujvo is that they are words formed from parts that have
> independent meaning within Lojban, but with a meaning that is not
> equivalent to the sum of their parts. Their dissectablity is not their
> point.

OK.  What is their point?

-Robin

-- 
http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ 	BTW, I'm male, honest.
le datni cu djica le nu zifre .iku'i .oi le so'e datni cu to'e te pilno
je xlali -- RLP 				http://www.lojban.org/