Subject: Re: [lojban] xalka cipra

From: Jay Kominek <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:20:26 -0600 (MDT)

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Pierre Abbat wrote:

> What's a good word for "proof" in the alcoholic sense? The reason it's called
> "proof" is that attempting to explode a mixture of alcohol and gunpowder was
> a test of the concentration of alcohol.

{selxabyce'i} works for me, at least. (Assuming I correctly understand
that proof = 2 * percent alcohol)

- Jay Kominek <[email-masked]>
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose