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Re: [lojban] baby words: sneeze ritual



Every natlang I know, in fact.

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:

Not sure you could call it malgli when it's a custom in many more languages/societies than english :)

On Nov 5, 2011 2:22 PM, "Craig Daniel" <craigbdaniel@gmail.com> wrote:
In general I think having a sneeze ritual at all may be a touch on the
malgli side, since all of them involve showing a concern for the
person's well-being that is expressed out of societal obligation
rather than a genuine fear that their sneeze indicates a major health
problem.

But when the goal is to have something to say to expose a baby to lots
of language, you respond to the sneeze, as you respond to everything
else the baby does. I like "senci" for that purpose.

 - mi'e .kreig.daniyl.

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