Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Computing in lojbanistan

From: Pierre Abbat <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:05:55 -0400

>> Why not just "sidju"?
>
>Because that would fit better as a translation for the *verb* "help", 
>or the noun "helper".
>
>I think the word "Help", in computers' menuing systems, must be 
>interpreted as an imperative verb, as an infinitive verb, or as a 
>noun. The two former alternatives apply to words such as "open" and 
>"edit" as well.

Menus do not follow grammatical rules. Under "Message" are the following:
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"Mark all" means "mark all messages", but "Reply All" does not mean "reply all
messages" - it means "reply to sender and all other recipients".

phma