From cowan@ccil.org Thu May 01 03:57:54 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 1 May 2003 10:57:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 29382 invoked from network); 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19BBko-0000km-00; Thu, 01 May 2003 06:57:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 06:57:29 -0400 To: sshiskom Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: mu Message-ID: <20030501105729.GS31868@ccil.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=212516 X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan sshiskom scripsit: > What would be an equivalent of English (was it Japanese?) > word "mu"? "mu" is the (Sino-)Japanese word for "nothing". Its (very recent) English use is the result of overgeneralizing from a classic koan about whether a dog has Buddha-nature. In Lojban it's "na'i". -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The Hobbit From cowan@ccil.org Thu May 01 03:57:54 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 1 May 2003 10:57:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 29382 invoked from network); 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 May 2003 10:57:52 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19BBko-0000km-00; Thu, 01 May 2003 06:57:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 06:57:29 -0400 To: sshiskom Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: mu Message-ID: <20030501105729.GS31868@ccil.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=212516 X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan sshiskom scripsit: > What would be an equivalent of English (was it Japanese?) > word "mu"? "mu" is the (Sino-)Japanese word for "nothing". Its (very recent) English use is the result of overgeneralizing from a classic koan about whether a dog has Buddha-nature. In Lojban it's "na'i". -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The Hobbit