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

[MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>]

Robin,

How many native English speakers have no problem at all with the say/talk distinction? I don't. Maybe you and Jonathan are the only exceptions, and it makes no sense to change a keyword for the sake of two people out of a much larger community.

I prefer 'say' for "cusku". (or even better: 'cusku' for "cusku".)

 

stevo

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 05:26:44PM -0300, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Jonathan Jones
> <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I do feel that I should put my two cents in at this point.
> >
> > In the Smart.fm lesson, the keywords at this point are: cusku -
> > express (Changed from "say" by Robin. Approved by me for reasons
> > of semantic confusion which I've already expressed.)
>
> How come you had "say" in the first place? "Express" is the bad
> keyword that the gi'uste has. Whoever decided to use "say" instead
> had the right understanding of "cusku".

I'm not sure where you're confused.  Only two native English
speakers have spoken up on this issue, me and Jonathan, and we've
both said "say/talk is too confusing for flashcard use; one of them
has to change".

-Rabin

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