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

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

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 05:47:36PM -0500, MorphemeAddict wrote:
>    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 can't speak for people who haven't spoken up.  Now it's 2 to 1.
:)  Feel free to get other people to post.

I'm really curious, though: You're saying that if one flashcard say
"a sayer" and another said "a talker", you wouldn't find that
confusing at all?  Those seem obviously distinct to you?

Regardless, please see my other post for a better suggestion (adding
the whole place structure in).

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

Erm.

You do understand that we're *only* talking about flashcards, right?
We're not talking about changing anything official, or what's in
jbovlaste, or anything, just flashcards.

A flashcard that said "cusku" on one side and "cusku" on the other
would not be helpful.

-Robin

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