Re: [lojban] Direction of Rotation

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 6:11 PM, la .lindar. <lindarthebard@gmail.com> wrote:

Escape Landsome, you're not contributing to the conversation by misunderstanding basic concepts and then arguing against opinions nobody has. Nobody was claiming to know of a culturally-neutral word for "clockwise", therefore nobody is inclined to prove it. The entire topic of this conversation is precisely about whether or not we *can* come up with such a thing. Also, how do you not understand what a reference frame is? If the north end of the earth is pointed toward you, it appears to be spinning anticlockwise, but if the south end is pointed toward you, it appears to be spinning clockwise. How is that not obvious and intrinsic to the concept to you?

Back to the point, can we come up with the *least* wrong answer *right now* so I have something to use at all?

Is anybody going to misunderstand {carna fi lo pritu} if we apply Powell's Principle?

What's Powell's Principle?
 

I really need anything, so if you have an answer that's less incorrect, please let me know.

The only thing I can think of that may be less incorrect is {carna fi li [ma'u/ni'u]}, but it requires an understanding of polar notation to get.

Oh yes, and no matter what you use, you'll still have to add {...ci'e lodu'u X cu galraipau} if it isn't obvious.

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.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
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