On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:03 PM, vitci'i
<celestialcognition@gmail.com> wrote:
On 07/13/2012 04:57 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> Stereotypes aren't imaginary. They're derogatory, insulting, and WRONG.
What's the difference between something that's imaginary and something
that's not true?
I will not be dragged into a philosophical debate.
> Except that's not the way we do things. The meaning of the English "gender"
> is so broad it covers /completely unrelated/ concepts.
>
> There is nothing wrong with having a word in Lojban that covers a wide
> berth- that's what the intention of the gismu is, after all.
>
> But we do /not/ have words that cover multiple concepts. That defeats the
> purpose of the language.
What set of words do you suggest?
As I've said previously, I don't consider any of the concepts important to /need/ a word, but I would suggest those of you that do to use the list John Clifford posted.