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Re: [lojban] Re: cusku - say or express?



On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 18:11 -0300, Jorge Llambías wrote:
You and I already know well what "cusku" means, so whatever keyword
you choose won't affect you or me. If your argument is that English
speakers in general get confused about the meaning of "say", to the
extent that they can't readily distinguish it from "talk" without
context, well, maybe a single keyword is just not the answer.

Looking over the discussion today, maybe this point made in passing by xorxes should be reviewed. I've always though that the single keyword idea, as used in logflash (for example), was a weak match, but a short key-phrase might work better for capturing the underlying meaning of the lojban words -- nor just gismu, but the more troublesome cmavo as well.

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