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

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Sunday, November 09, 2014 15:13:43 Andrew Browne wrote:
> lo ma'efle jitro sinxa
> 
> imo this is a better semantic description of a traffic light than "traffic
> light" is.
> This lojban phrase is missing is a strong association between this specific
> phrase and the specific thing. Is that association still required with a
> more detailed description?

"ma'efle jitro sinxa" and "jezystisni" can also describe the sign with "STOP" 
on one side and "SLOW" on the other, which is flipped by who for historical 
reasons is called a flagman. The latter can also describe a pedestrian signal. 
The former can also describe a "YIELD" sign. And that's fine. Lojban doesn't 
divide the world the way English does, nor English the way Hebrew does, or so 
on.

Pierre
-- 
I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.

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