[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: vlaxajmi
la lojbab. cusku di'e
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/lojban/?start=1168
> From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group <lojbab@lojban.org>
>
> One of the few places where we were tempted to override the wordmaking
> algorithm for fear of offending people. The word "ruble" for "weak" was
> made back in 1987, when there was no particular sign in the West that the
> Russian economy was in trouble.
>
{ruble} is not a big deal. A Russian might have more problems with
{sraku} and {sralo} which mean some quite unspeakable things in Russian :)
co'o mi'e .evgenis.