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Re: [lojban] Re: Chemical elements

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Warrigal <ihope127+w@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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)
>

 Cutting through your sarcasm,we lojbanize  with la'o xuk. methyl
(1R,2R,3S,5S)-3-(benzoyloxy)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]
octane-2-carboxylate xuk.  And I absolutely one hundred percent agree.
 There is ZERO reason for these bizarre proposals.  Different things
have different names.. The assertion by lojdis "The problem is that
all elements are in one periodic system....it's hard to remember all
those words " holds no water.  You could, oh, I don't know, make the
same assertion about animals, saying that they should all start with
"danly", etc.  Hard to remember all those words? Umm.. Sorry to burst
your bubble.. but learning ANY language requires learning vocabulary.
Nothing wrong with that.  It seems to me that you would really rather
learn John Wilkins' Real Character, rather than lojban.. enjoy.

          --gejyspa

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