From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Sep 11 10:41:02 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 11 Sep 2002 17:41:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 66764 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2002 17:41:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Sep 2002 17:41:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2002 17:41:01 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17pBU6-0002aw-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:41:02 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pBTW-0002aZ-00; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:40:26 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17pBTP-0002aQ-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:40:19 -0700 Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:40:19 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: word for "www" (was: Archive location.) Message-ID: <20020911174019.GK6798@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20020910220714.GZ6798@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-archive-position: 1119 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 02:20:09AM +0100, And Rosta wrote: > 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. OK. What is their point? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. le datni cu djica le nu zifre .iku'i .oi le so'e datni cu to'e te pilno je xlali -- RLP http://www.lojban.org/