From rob@twcny.rr.com Wed Nov 14 22:06:57 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rob@twcny.rr.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 15 Nov 2001 06:06:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 90597 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2001 06:06:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m10.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 15 Nov 2001 06:06:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailout5.nyroc.rr.com) (24.92.226.122) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Nov 2001 06:06:57 -0000 Received: from mail1.twcny.rr.com (mail1-0 [24.92.226.74]) by mailout5.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/Road Runner 1.12) with ESMTP id fAF66uh27720 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 01:06:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from riff ([24.92.246.4]) by mail1.twcny.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 01:06:55 -0500 Received: from rob by riff with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 164Ff1-0000ZD-00 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 01:06:03 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 01:06:03 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Digest Number 1127 Message-ID: <20011115010603.A2159@twcny.rr.com> Reply-To: rob@twcny.rr.com References: <001701c16d97$face5500$d032ca3e@oemcomputer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001701c16d97$face5500$d032ca3e@oemcomputer> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com From: Rob Speer X-Yahoo-Profile: squeekybobo On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 06:37:48AM +0100, G. Dyke wrote: > > > > > **ti ve'arpinxe > > > > Isn't that someone who drinks children? :-) > > yes... ti ve'arselpinxe What possible justification is there to coin a lujvo for "is a drink for children"? Is there some highly specific place structure you hope to get out of it? If not, what's wrong with {verba se pinxe}, which is not only easier to read but _shorter_? -- la rab.spir noi na sarji le nu duskemjvozba gi'e na ka'e bacru zo duskemjvozba