From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Sep 12 03:57:05 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 12 Sep 2002 10:57:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 27197 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2002 10:57:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Sep 2002 10:57:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Sep 2002 10:57:04 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17pRej-00008D-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:57:05 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pRe7-0007nj-00; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:56:27 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:56:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.ispwest.com ([216.52.245.18] helo=ispwestemail1.aceweb.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pRdy-0007na-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:56:20 -0700 Received: from surreality.us (unverified [4.47.250.140]) by ispwestemail1.aceweb.net (Vircom SMTPRS 1.4.232) with SMTP id for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:49:17 -0700 Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:49:12 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] "boring" Message-Id: <20020912034912.1b966c2c.rizen@surreality.us> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="tWWlM9QSlR=.i(gi" X-archive-position: 1178 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rizen@surreality.us Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Theodore Reed From: Theodore Reed Reply-To: rizen@surreality.us X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out --tWWlM9QSlR=.i(gi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:21:53 +0200 "Newton, Philip" wrote: > Theodore Reed wrote: > > Why not just use .a'ucu'i? The refgramm glosses it as "no > > interest". > > That sounds to me as if I'm simply not interested in something -- but that, > for me, is not the same as something that bores me, or that I find boring. > "Not interested" seems more neutral an emotion to me (as befits {cu'i}), or > nearly lack of emotion. To me, being bored isn't really an emotion. It's a state of not being interested in what's currently happening. -- Theodore Reed (rizen/bancus) -- http://surreality.us:8080/~rizen/ ~ GPG/PGP Signed/Encrypted Mail Preferred. ~ Finger me for my public key! "The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond that can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accursed! Accursed be it to the aeons! Hell." -- Liber AL vel Legis, 1:41 --tWWlM9QSlR=.i(gi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9gHEow24JwM4aDNwRAgzYAKDj/atxDMN/PI0HHcOsP7PfKo3s0ACePe9D nWQP4IUSxjIz9LjAZLdqa1w= =6Z8l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tWWlM9QSlR=.i(gi--