Re: [lojban] Lojban's Biggest Problem or Why Still Nobody Speaks It

[MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>]

Or at least a specific phrase that means 'traffic light', just as English uses not a single word, but a phrase. 

stevo

On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 6:51 AM, And Rosta <and.rosta@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9 Nov 2014 04:34, "karis" <comcaresvcs@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Why must Lojban have a single short word for traffic light when English doesn't?

I don't think anybody is saying the the Lojban equivalent of the English word 'traffic light' must be shorter than 'traffic light'. They're saying that just as English does, Lojban needs a word that means 'traffic light'.

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