From xod@thestonecutters.net Thu Mar 13 10:28:30 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 13 Mar 2003 18:28:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 62670 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2003 18:28:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Mar 2003 18:28:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Mar 2003 18:28:28 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18tXRM-0008Ky-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:28:28 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tXRD-0008Kb-00; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:28:19 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:28:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tXR6-0008KI-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:28:12 -0800 Received: from granite.thestonecutters.net (localhost.thestonecutters.net [127.0.0.1]) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2DIS1Xd086754 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:28:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h2DIS1FK086751 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:28:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:28:01 -0500 (EST) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: spofu skami In-Reply-To: <20030313182545.GE25165@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: <20030313132749.O85179-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 4473 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Invent Yourself Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:28:53PM -0600, Jordan DeLong wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:16:51AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:12:17PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > > > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:57:03AM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > > > > > It is part of the basic definition. The definition is not > > > > > > "nerve"; that's a logflash mnemonic. > > > > > > > > > > x1 is a nerve/neuron [body-part] of x2 > > > > > > > > > > Note the words 'nerve', 'neuron', and 'body-part'. Perhaps > > > > > you're talking about a different definition? > > > > > > > > You know what I'm talking about. Pretend I've explained myself. > > > > > > Umm, no, I don't. IIRC we've discussed this before, and I threw my > > > hands up in frustration because I couldn't understand what the hell > > > you were trying to say. > > [...] > > > Note the cf. to "ve benji", which seems like it might do what you > > > want. > > > > I agree with robin. > > > > All the "metaphor" suggestions in the gismu list are anti-lojbo, and > > encourage polysemy. > > It really does. In fact, it seems to obviously contradict the "each > word has exactly one meaning" idea. Very obviously. Show this. -- "This is an example of what elections should be, with 97 percent participation, free of money and corruption and totally transparent," Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage told Reuters.