From jjllambias@hotmail.com Sat Jul 14 17:05:27 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 15 Jul 2001 00:05:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 66921 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2001 00:05:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 15 Jul 2001 00:05:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.198) by mta3 with SMTP; 15 Jul 2001 00:05:27 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 17:05:17 -0700 Received: from 200.41.247.53 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 00:05:17 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.41.247.53] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: [lojban] Where is Lojbangug? Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 00:05:17 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Jul 2001 00:05:17.0259 (UTC) FILETIME=[D444E1B0:01C10CC1] From: "Jorge Llambias" la pier cusku di'e >I'm trying to figure out where Lojbangug is from the vocabulary. Apples, >bananas, citrus, pears, melons, berries, and tomatoes grow there; [...] >I don't get a clear picture of where this country is. It doesn't seem to be >in >the Americas, but I'd expect a lot of unfamiliar vegetation if it were in >Africa or Asia, and there's only the lotus. So where is this place? Obviously the Lojban words correspond only approximately to those earthly plants and animals. The place structure of terdi makes it quite clear that the natives are familiar with at least two inhabited planets (otherwise the x2 of terdi makes no sense), and since we humans have not as yet discovered any other such planet, we must conclude that it was originally the language of some other race somewhere other than on Earth. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.