Re: [lojban] Translating << performance errors >> in Lojban

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 19 July 2011 12:43:58 Escape Landsome wrote:
> Hi
>
> A performance error is when you mispronounce one or several words.
>
> Assume for instance you're Winnie-the-Pooh and want to say "elephant",
> but this results in "ephalant"...
>
> What is the lojbanic way to render performance errors ?   How to
> translate Pooh's << ephalant >> ?

I thought it was "heffalump". I'd say "xatno" or "xapmo". Similar errors turn 
eggs into soda, rats into rabbits, and females into waste.

Pierre
-- 
li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci

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