From pycyn@aol.com Tue Sep 10 09:06:05 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 10 Sep 2002 16:06:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 54931 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2002 16:06:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 Sep 2002 16:06:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m07.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.162) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Sep 2002 16:06:05 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-m07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.10.) id r.1a4.82e63ce (4529) for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:05:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1a4.82e63ce.2aaf7264@aol.com> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:05:56 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] Estivation To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_1a4.82e63ce.2aaf7264_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10509 From: pycyn@aol.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=2455001 X-Yahoo-Profile: kaliputra --part1_1a4.82e63ce.2aaf7264_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/22/2002 4:35:11 PM Central Daylight Time, ragnarok@pobox.com writes: << > PC estivates? I've just ended my estival vacation. But I am sick of this > euphuism, which I believe to be a crime worthy of eviration >> Well, I shouldn't have thought "estivation" particularly euphuistic; Lyly's vocabulary wasn't very odd, though his choices were often based on other than semantic considerations -- which doesn't apply here. "Estivation" is, by the way, an old word in LoCCan circles, though I can't remember any of the Loglan or Lojban words devised for it over the years (starting with {cimri} or {crisa}, of course). So I don't think that using it calls for an orchidectomy -- or even a kick in the cojones. I am forbidden from using my own favorite expression for getting away, "summercation," by the fact that that seems exclusively for Maine and I don't get there any more ("summa people -- sum a'n't.") << You want to impress us, post the chimical name for tryptophan synthetase A protein. >> Not my pigeon. And if you gave it to me, I couldn't create a sensible Lojban form for it either -- check with pier. --part1_1a4.82e63ce.2aaf7264_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/22/2002 4:35:11 PM Central Daylight Time, ragnarok@pobox.com writes:

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PC estivates? I've just ended my estival vacation. But I am sick of this
euphuism, which I believe to be a crime worthy of eviration

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Well, I shouldn't have thought "estivation" particularly euphuistic; Lyly's vocabulary wasn't very odd, though his choices were often based on other than semantic considerations -- which doesn't apply here. "Estivation" is, by the way, an old word in LoCCan circles, though I can't remember any of the Loglan or Lojban words devised for it over the years (starting with {cimri} or {crisa}, of course). So I don't think that using it calls for an orchidectomy -- or even a kick in the cojones.
I am forbidden from using my own favorite expression for getting away, "summercation," by the fact that that seems exclusively for Maine and I don't get there any more ("summa people -- sum a'n't.")

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You want to impress us, post the chimical name for tryptophan synthetase A
protein.
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Not my pigeon. And if you gave it to me, I couldn't create a sensible Lojban form for it either -- check with pier. --part1_1a4.82e63ce.2aaf7264_boundary--