Re: [lojban] Yacht

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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Mark E. Shoulson <mark@kli.org> wrote:

On 09/14/2012 03:00 PM, .arpis. wrote:

It seems to me against the spirit of lojban to try to define a lujvo to mean something so specific (and culturally specific) as "yacht"; I'd use {surblo} to mean "boat used for relaxation" and let context disambiguate whether I meant cruise ship or yacht.

I have yet to be convinced that simply {bloti} isn't sufficient.  It depends on the context, of course, but even if you need to say it's a yacht and not just a boat, why not _explain what you mean_, in lujvo, tanru, even whole phrases, and then just call it a {bloti} from then on?

+1

stevo 

~mark

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