From a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Tue Sep 10 18:19:51 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 11 Sep 2002 01:19:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 96096 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2002 01:19:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Sep 2002 01:19:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2002 01:19:50 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17owAY-0000Tg-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:19:50 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17owA0-0000TF-00; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:19:17 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:19:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailbox-5.st1.spray.net ([212.78.202.105]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17ow9t-0000Sp-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:19:09 -0700 Received: from oemcomputer (host213-121-70-202.surfport24.v21.co.uk [213.121.70.202]) by mailbox-5.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 7796D15729 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:18:35 +0200 (DST) To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: word for "www" (was: Archive location.) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 02:20:09 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20020910220714.GZ6798@chain.digitalkingdom.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-archive-position: 1083 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: "And Rosta" Reply-To: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=122260811 X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin Robin Lee Powell > On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 11:00:03PM +0100, And Rosta wrote: > > Robin CA: > > > The whole *point* of lujvo, unless I'm missing something, is that > > > someone should be able to dissect them and figure out what you mean. > > > > Not so. Lujvo are simply a means of creating new words for new > > meanings. However, other things being equal (e.g. word length), > > a candidate lujvo is held to be the more superior the more its > > meaning and place structure can be guessed from its constituent > > parts. > > I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not. 8) Not. It is not the case that the whole point of lujvo is that someone should be able to dissect them and figure out what you mean. The whole point of lujvo is that they are words formed from parts that have independent meaning within Lojban, but with a meaning that is not equivalent to the sum of their parts. Their dissectablity is not their point. --And.