From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Mar 11 11:06:46 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 11 Mar 2003 19:06:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 2871 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2003 19:06:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Mar 2003 19:06:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2003 19:06:45 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18sp5J-00036v-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:06:45 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18sp59-00036b-00; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:06:35 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:06:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18sp4o-00036Q-00; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:06:14 -0800 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:06:14 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Another major jbovlaste update. Message-ID: <20030311190614.GM5580@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030311081852.GB5580@digitalkingdom.org> <200303110710.44749.phma@webjockey.net> <20030311185618.GA6737@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030311185618.GA6737@mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 4433 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 Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 01:56:18PM -0500, Rob Speer wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:10:44AM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 March 2003 06:38, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > > > Although I do think that many of the natlang words should not be > > > voted on at all. Having lots of entries like "butter source" and > > > "goodness standard" in the dictionary would be rather inane, IMAO. > > > > I don't think it's wrong to have "butter source" in the dictionary, > > but a lot of the definitions of attitudinals are wrong. {ii}, for > > instance, should not be translated "fear". It's something you say > > when you're afraid, not something you say to talk about fear. > > Similarly, cruelty is kamkusru, not uunai. > > I think that most oblique places like "butter source" _should_ be left > out. Unless it's a point of pride to be the only dictionary in > existence with an entry for "thing having gonad". They should all be in jbovlaste. Weeding out the crap is the job of the dictionary editor. That being said, I suppose people can feel free to not vote on *really* useless keywords. But that should be Nick's call. Nick? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi