Re: [lojban] Time for the perenial other-centric-.ui conversation

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 6:26 PM, John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Saying something is meant as humor
> but I am not amused is one of the most common moves in watching and critiquing
> tv shows, for one example,

Saying *that something I'm saying* is meant as humor, not that
something someone else has said was meant as humor. "zo'o" marks the
speaker's speech, not someone else's speech.

> and being ammused by something that was not meant to
> be funny is a painful memory from both sides for most people.

We are talking about being amused *by something you are saying*, not
by something someone else has said. "zo'o" marks your own speech, not
someone else's.

> In the US at least surprise parties of the dark room-lights up-shout "surprise"
> sort are common enough to be a recognized listing on incident reports: murders,
> beating, heart attacks, etc.

(Ils sont fous ces américains.) I can see a possible connection with
heart attacks, but I'm not sure I see how it relates to murders and
beatings. Is the person being surprised the murderer or the murdered
one, and why?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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