Re: status of ka (was Re: [lojban] x3 of du'

[the Edward Blevins <thedward@barsoom.net>]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:03:53PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Nick NICHOLAS scripsit:
> 
> > I think lambda calculus is the bomb, and wonderful, and it would
> > be great to use it in the metalanguage of Lojban. 
> 
> English dialect alert (though the context carries it here)!
> 
> In North America, "bomb" means figuratively a catastrophic failure,
> rather than a great success.
> 

Depends on which part of North America you are in, apparently. :) 

In my dialect, if something "bombs" that is bad, but if it "is the bomb"
then that is good. I've heard that usage both in Northern California, and
in Central Texas.

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