From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Oct 08 16:47:03 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_2_0); 8 Oct 2002 23:47:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 32823 invoked from network); 8 Oct 2002 23:47:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Oct 2002 23:47:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Oct 2002 23:47:03 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17z47t-000396-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 08 Oct 2002 16:50:57 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17z47M-00038j-00; Tue, 08 Oct 2002 16:50:24 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 08 Oct 2002 16:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta7.pltn13.pbi.net ([64.164.98.8]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17z47I-00038a-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2002 16:50:20 -0700 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([216.102.199.245]) by mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <0H3O00KZASP9KS@mta7.pltn13.pbi.net> for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2002 16:46:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 19:49:48 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: Why linguists might be interested in Lojban (was: RE: Re: a new kind of fundamentalism In-reply-to: To: lojban-list@lojban.org Message-id: <200210081949.48072.cherlin@pacbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: X-archive-position: 2005 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: cherlin@pacbell.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Edward Cherlin From: Edward Cherlin Reply-To: cherlin@pacbell.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Tuesday 08 October 2002 06:26 pm, Jorge Llambias wrote: > la robin.tr cusku di'e > > >The two Lojbanisms that really caught on amongst the players > >were "mabla" (correct usage) and "le do mamta cu gerku" (incorrect, in > >canonical Lojban). > > What do you call "correct usage" for {mabla}? > > I assume it was used as a swear word, which I agree should > be correct usage. > > But the official definition says it is used to describe a swear > word, not that it is one. ({zoi gy shit gy mabla}, but not {mabla} > for "shit!") So it would not constitute correct usage for > fundamentalists. It would be as correct as the utterance "Curses!", which was a theatrical euphemism, but has passed into common English. Or as incorrect, if you must be that way about it. > mu'o mi'e xorxes -- Edward Cherlin Generalist "A knot!" cried Alice. "Oh, do let me help to undo it." Alice in Wonderland