Re: [lojban] Re: Chemical elements

[Warrigal <ihope127+w@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Daniel Brockman <dbrockman@gmail.com> wrote:
> The priority should be to invent a way to talk about these atoms,
> molecules, compounds, etc., using clear, compositional expressions.

Gosh, if only there were some international union of pure and applied
chemistry, composed of experts from all over the world, who could
invent such a nomenclature. We could just use names like, oh, "methyl
(1R,2R,3S,5S)-3-(benzoyloxy)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]
octane-2-carboxylate". Except that's in English, so Lojbanize it and
you get "metil (1R,2R,3S,5S)-3-(benzoilaksi)-8-metil-8-azabisaiklo[3.2.1]
aktein-2-karbaksileit". But wait, that might not be a valid fu'ivla.
Hmm.

--a sarcastic uorygl (aka Warrigal)

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