From lojbab@lojban.org Thu May 6 18:43:37 1999 X-Digest-Num: 132 Message-ID: <44114.132.805.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 21:43:37 -0400 From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group Subject: Re: vlaxajmi At 12:58 PM 5/6/99 +0200, Evgueni.Sklyanin wrote: >From: "Evgueni.Sklyanin" >> From: "Arnt Richard Johansen" >> > >> ni'o lei rusko djini cu ruble >> >.uu jetnu > >(money = jdini) One of the few places where we were tempted to override the wordmaking algorithm for fear of offending people. The word "ruble" for "weak" was made back in 1987, when there was no particular sign in the West that the Russian economy was in trouble. lojbab ---- lojbab ***NOTE NEW ADDRESS*** lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: see Lojban WWW Server: href=" http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/ " Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.