Re: [lojban] No language has separate words for odors. Let's create them.

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On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Pkfalu92 <pkfalu92@gmail.com> wrote:

Consider that perhaps there are other distinctions, and that we don't notice them.

Or we don't notice them because we have no distinct words for them. 

stevo 

On Apr 2, 2012, at 10:55 AM, gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, the title is wrong. Few languages have.

The point is that in most languages in order to describe smell we have to use words used for other senses.

pe'i this is not fair.

.e'u we create new words for smells in Lojban. 

.e'u they don't borrow roots from other arbitrary words like English classification does.

This is what Wikipedia says about odors.

It has been proposed that there are seven primary odors: (with examples)

1. Musky- perfumes/aftershave
2. Putrid- rotten eggs
3. Pungent- vinegar
4. Camphoraceous- mothballs
5. Ethereal- dry cleaning fluid
6. Floral- roses
7. Pepperminty- mint gum

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