From xod@sixgirls.org Wed Oct 18 11:23:20 2000 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_1_0); 18 Oct 2000 18:23:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 27837 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2000 18:21:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 18 Oct 2000 18:21:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO erika.sixgirls.org) (209.208.150.50) by mta1 with SMTP; 18 Oct 2000 18:21:17 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by erika.sixgirls.org (8.11.0+3.3W/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e9IILGo20639 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:21:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:21:16 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: vrusi tanru In-Reply-To: <13.c36b58c.271f3d71@aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 pycyn@aol.com wrote: > It looks like rampant literalism is loose again (much as I hate to accuse > maikl of this). Remember, the best tanru/lujvo... is vivid and shocking and > catchy, in particular NOT a definition. These puppies used to be called > metaphors for a good reason. Be crafty, not correct. I'd appreciate it if you'd expound upon this, providing examples as well. ----- It takes a lot of work to realize how little work it takes to achieve Slack.