From phma@oltronics.net Mon Apr 16 05:00:13 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 16 Apr 2001 12:00:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 56907 invoked from network); 16 Apr 2001 12:00:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 16 Apr 2001 12:00:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (207.15.133.29) by mta2 with SMTP; 16 Apr 2001 12:00:09 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id 7B60B3C5BD; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 07:52:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] sodna, kliru, navni Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 07:52:11 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01041607525500.17840@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, John Cowan wrote: >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. So what should we call sodium, chrorine, and neon in particular? phma