Subject: [lojban] puns (was Re: [lojban] Allah)

From: Richard Todd <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 08:08:26 -0500

Jorge Llambias wrote:
> The translation is there for anyone interested to comment,
> including the horrible puns...
> 
> @c The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--'
> @c `Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked.
> @c `We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' said the Mock
> @c Turtle angrily: `really you are very dull!'
> 
> i le ralju cu tolcitno cakyrespa noi lu ractu canmi'a li'u cmene
> ke'a mi'a li'u
> i lu ki'u ma do'o te cmene ra lu ractu canmi'a li'u va'o le nu
> ra na ractu sei la alis te preti li'u
> i lu mi'a te cmene ra lu ractu canmi'a li'u ki'u le nu ra ctuca mi'a
> sei le jitfa cakyrespa cu fange cusku i je'u do bebna mutce li'u
>

That's very good! So there's still room for puns in lojban, which depend on where the words are split. Are there other types?

I do have a (possibly stupid, newbie-type) question:
ractu canmi'a
ractu (canre cmila)
?rabbit-type-of sandy laugh?

You lost me there... I don't see another way to interpret this based on the word lists available on the web pages.

Richard Todd