From cowan@ccil.org Mon Apr 16 04:29:23 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 16 Apr 2001 11:29:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 17749 invoked from network); 16 Apr 2001 11:29:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 16 Apr 2001 11:29:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta2 with SMTP; 16 Apr 2001 11:29:22 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 14p7C5-0006m8-00; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 07:29:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] sodna, kliru, navni In-Reply-To: <01041520440707.17418@neofelis> from Pierre Abbat at "Apr 15, 2001 08:36:58 pm" To: phma@oltronics.net Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 07:29:21 -0400 (EDT) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan Pierre Abbat scripsit: > Why do sodna, kliru, and navni have an x2 place, but not the other elements? Because they really mean "alkali metal", "halogen", and "noble gas" respectively. Sodium, chlorine, and neon are just the prototypes. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter