From pycyn@aol.com Wed Sep 11 01:32:47 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 11 Sep 2002 08:32:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 20405 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2002 08:32:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Sep 2002 08:32:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-r01.mx.aol.com) (152.163.225.97) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2002 08:32:47 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-r01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.10.) id r.cc.117e14bc (4012) for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 04:32:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 04:32:45 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: word for "www" (was: Archive location.) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_cc.117e14bc.2ab059ad_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_cc.117e14bc.2ab059ad_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/10/2002 5:00:35 PM Central Daylight Time, a.rosta@lycos.co.uk writes: << > 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. >> By some, yes; as a general theory over time, no. Well, the place structure has some specific precedents, though no one seems to pay much attention to them (or work out much after the first couple of places -- an ongoing complaint of the dictionary makers). Witty beats out precise every time, as it should, linguistically. Of course, the win only comes after we get the wit. --part1_cc.117e14bc.2ab059ad_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/10/2002 5:00:35 PM Central Daylight Time, a.rosta@lycos.co.uk writes:

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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.

>>
By some, yes; as a general theory over time, no. Well, the place structure has some specific precedents, though no one seems to pay much attention to them (or work out much after the first couple of places -- an ongoing complaint of the dictionary makers). Witty beats out precise every time, as it should, linguistically. Of course, the win only comes after we get the wit.
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