From phma@oltronics.net Mon Jul 31 14:55:59 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30515 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2000 21:55:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 31 Jul 2000 21:55:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.oltronics.net) (204.213.85.8) by mta1 with SMTP; 31 Jul 2000 21:55:58 -0000 Received: from neofelis (root@localhost) by mail.oltronics.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA23838 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 17:55:54 -0400 X-BlackMail: 207.15.133.12, neofelis, , 207.15.133.12 X-Authenticated-Timestamp: 17:55:55(EDT) on July 31, 2000 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Fu'ivla of class MLONGENA Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 17:50:44 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain References: <4.2.2.20000731153342.00ad2550@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000731153342.00ad2550@127.0.0.1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00073117553904.00899@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Pierre Abbat On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: li'o >Just to forwarn you, regardless of the quality of the word, I have no >effective means of picking Type 4 fu'ivla out of bulk text (mixed English >and Lojban) in the manner that I have been using to accumulate words for >possible inclusion in the dictionary. Thus, only if there is enough usage >of your words that they are remembered by Lojbanists when it comes time to >write dictionary entries, or there is careful documentation on your part >when you actually use them in text (just making these kinds of words up >doesn't count - unless they are actually *used* in Lojban text/speech, a >fu'ivla is not Lojban IMHO), your borrowings will be quite transient. I'm not proficient enough yet to compose, or even understand, a paragraph of Lojban, so it'll be a while before I can make up lots of fu'ivla and use them. Is there a place where I can find fu'ivla that have been previously used, and where Lojbanists can add them? phma