From graywyvern@hotmail.com Fri Jun 29 08:05:40 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: graywyvern@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 29 Jun 2001 15:05:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 63556 invoked from network); 29 Jun 2001 15:04:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 29 Jun 2001 15:04:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.237.18) by mta1 with SMTP; 29 Jun 2001 15:04:34 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 08:04:33 -0700 Received: from 65.67.96.113 by lw7fd.law7.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:04:33 GMT X-Originating-IP: [65.67.96.113] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: lojbo xajmi [was: Re: [lojban] Lojban Humour Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:04:33 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jun 2001 15:04:33.0871 (UTC) FILETIME=[CE4E7DF0:01C100AC] From: "michael helsem" >From: Nick Nicholas li'o >Bjoern Gohla asked me way back whether there are any instances of >Lojban >humour in my LAPOI PELXU there are a variety of jokes, e.g.- grammatical: after assigning values to various pronouns i use the entire set of them in one sentence (13th paragraph): ko'a .e fo'a ca'o ciksi ko'i pe bau ko'e poi rinka lenu ba'o fendi ko'u le jaivi ko'o .e fo'o kei ku'o fo'e noi puzi jorne ku'o le stali po'o be ma'a ku pe fi'e fo'u noi ke'ajoi fo'i ba'o binxo co gunma mock-heroic: (12th paragraph) the story of Inanna is retold, except-- .i co'i le pevyvro co pamoi ku fo'u goi le remna ba'o cirko le gimste ('At the first gate he lost his...gismu list.') anticlimax: later (26th paragraph), the story of Chuang Tzu & his butterfly dream is retold, & then-- lu .a'i le ve ciksi co mela kobn,avn. kuku le te lisri befa dei cu galfi fo lo zgana fe le cfika fatci pe le ckafybarja .iseni'inaibo mi satci lerci le ckule ku'i li'u ('"By the Copenhagen interpretation, the Narrator by observing alters the fictive reality of this coffeehouse; notwithstanding which, however, I am definitely late for class."') there are others. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com