From jjllambias@hotmail.com Thu Oct 19 19:33:22 2000 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_1_0); 20 Oct 2000 02:33:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 17039 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2000 02:33:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 20 Oct 2000 02:33:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.54) by mta2 with SMTP; 20 Oct 2000 02:33:22 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 19 Oct 2000 19:33:22 -0700 Received: from 200.42.119.86 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:33:22 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.42.119.86] To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: RE:literalism Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:33:22 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Oct 2000 02:33:22.0299 (UTC) FILETIME=[1D7564B0:01C03A3E] From: "Jorge Llambias" la pycyn cusku di'e > > zo galdinju cu banzu>> > > But is it? For a really really tall building? That would be {galgaldinju} if we follow the pattern of {brabracrida). > > ( the whole structure of insult here being > > mal-esperanto). How does Esperanto come into it? This kind of calque is actually common in Esperanto, it has "chielskrapulo" for "skyscraper". > > In any case, "sky-scraper" was pretty darn good when it was > > invented and something along its lines would have been good in Lojban >but for > > the historical accident that allows the insults to fly. It is definitely a nice metaphor, but I feel it goes somehow against the spirit of Lojban. Perhaps I will be proved wrong. la xod cusku di'e >(I always thought "skyscraper" was a good designation for an >airliner. After all, they do make a scraping sound.) Yes, I tried to imagine what I would think a "skyscraper" was if I didn't know, and I also thought of airplanes, as well as of windmills. I'm not sure a very tall building would be my first choice. co'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.