Re: [lojban] Direction of Rotation

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:06:00PM -0400, Mike S. wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Robin Lee Powell <
> rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 01:03:11AM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> > > No, Robin suggested making Lojban have one word for "turn",
> > > and one for "rotate". This would mean making carna mean one of
> > > the two, and making a new word for the other.
> > >
> > > In other words, going from:
> > >
> > > carna : x1 turns/rotates/revolves around axis x2 in direction
> > > x3.
> > >
> > > To: carna : x1 turns from x2 to x3
> > >
> >
> 
> Nice, but I might suggest x1 turns _towards_ x2 from (facing) x3
> 
> The destination is usually more salient than the origin, cf.
> klama, bevri, etc.

Yes, of course, but we have to make old usage continue to work, is
the problem.

-Robin

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