From jcowan@reutershealth.com Thu Dec 05 09:48:46 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 5 Dec 2002 17:48:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 21128 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2002 17:48:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 Dec 2002 17:48:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Dec 2002 17:48:45 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA07374; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:00:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200212051800.NAA07374@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:48:16 -0500 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Official Statement- LLG Board approves new To: lojbab@lojban.org (Robert LeChevalier) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:48:16 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20021205090737.0330a4e0@pop.east.cox.net> from "Robert LeChevalier" at Dec 05, 2002 09:16:28 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan Robert LeChevalier scripsit: > The gismu for plants and animals were selected for cultural significance, > primarily to the cultures speaking the 6 languages. Food animals and > plants were the primary ones that "rated" a gismu. I'm sure some cultures > eat penguins, but it isn't a mainstream menu item. Domestication, as I said, is the key. People eat almost every animal and many plants casually, but species domesticated for food are much, much rarer. Even the infamous 'rozgu', may it die in the arse, does refer to a domesticated species. Nick the Weasel, OTOH, needs a fu'ivla. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin