From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Sep 11 15:57:30 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 22:57:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 11348 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2002 22:57:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Sep 2002 22:57:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2002 22:57:29 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17pGQM-0006GN-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:57:30 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pGPp-0006G1-00; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:56:57 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:56:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17pGPh-0006Fs-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:56:49 -0700 Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:56:49 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] word for "www" (was: Archive location.) Message-ID: <20020911225649.GA23949@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20020911105811.U73477-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020911160031.0333a650@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020911160031.0333a650@pop.east.cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-archive-position: 1164 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 04:17:03PM -0400, Robert LeChevalier wrote: > My problem with this whole debate is that I reject the assumption that > there must be a single lujvo for "WWW". A cukta-based lujvo would be > the web viewed as a content-space, a munje-based lujvo looks at the > web as a universe, a judri-ciste lujvo (order and conversion would > determine the exact meaning) looks at the web as an address space. > THEY ALL ARE VALID WORDS FOR WWW. So make up place structures and > collect an archive of all the suggestions. The dictionary should be > inclusive and not exclusive, listing all of them and then indicating > why one would choose one word over the other. > > ONLY if we get away conceptually from one-English-word to > one-Lojban-word will Lojban not be encoded English, and the only real > way to accomplish that is to have a dictionary that maps words in one > language to multiple words in the other. Those are really good points. Thank you. -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/