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Re: [lojban] cusku - say or express?



On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:10:37AM -0300, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> >
> > As a minor point, I'm changing all the "cusku" keywords, because
> > "cusku" is any form of expression, and "say" implies talking (which
> > is tavla).
> 
> "Say" is a better keyword for "cusku" than "express", because the x2
> of cusku is a sign, not a meaning.
> 
> You say "thank you", you express gratitude.

I don't disagree with that as a useful distinction, by the way.  I
was only talking about keywords for memorization purposes.

-Robin

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