From xod@thestonecutters.net Thu Mar 13 15:54:28 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 23:54:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 49499 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2003 23:54:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Mar 2003 23:54:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Mar 2003 23:54:27 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18tcWp-0005du-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:54:27 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tcWj-0005da-00; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:54:21 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:54:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tcWb-0005aI-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:54:13 -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 h2DNs1Xd091566 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 18:54:01 -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 h2DNs1gd091563 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 18:54:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 18:54:01 -0500 (EST) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: spofu skami In-Reply-To: <20030313235732.GA57652@allusion.net> Message-ID: <20030313185138.M85179-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 4515 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, Jordan DeLong wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 06:08:41PM -0500, Robert LeChevalier wrote: > > At 10:50 AM 3/13/03 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > >> Instead of looking at the differences, you might look at the > > >> similarities. > > > > > >*WHAT* similarities?!? Nerves collect data, collate it, and push it to > > >other things *just* *like* *them*. > [...] > > >Yes, some of that was hyperbole, but far from all of it. > > > > > >And you wonder why I'm concerned about polysemy in this case. Yeesh. > > > > There is no polysemy. Polysemy in natural language usually comes about > > when words evolve in multiple directions and the original connection > > between them is lost or forgotten. Keepiong gismu broad in meaning and > > using lujvo to do the evolved meanings should prevent much polysemy. > > If nirna can mean both a phone and an optic cable, it is clearly > polysemous. Likewise with gerku, chihuahua, and basenji. Do they bark, or not???? -- "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.