From esklyani@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx Fri May 7 06:57:59 1999
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Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:57:59 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Evgueni.Sklyanin" <esklyani@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: vlaxajmi

la lojbab. cusku di'e

Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/lojban/?start=1168
> From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group <lojbab@lojban.org>
> 
> 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.
> 

{ruble} is not a big deal. A Russian might have more problems with
{sraku} and {sralo} which mean some quite unspeakable things in Russian :)

co'o mi'e .evgenis.