From pycyn@aol.com Sat Jul 14 18:51:26 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 15 Jul 2001 01:51:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 32221 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2001 01:51:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 15 Jul 2001 01:51:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m10.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.165) by mta1 with SMTP; 15 Jul 2001 01:51:26 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-m10.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31.7.) id r.12.f8350b4 (25717) for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:51:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <12.f8350b4.2882511a@aol.com> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:51:22 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] Where is Lojbangug? To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_12.f8350b4.2882511a_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10519 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_12.f8350b4.2882511a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 7/14/2001 7:06:08 PM Central Daylight Time, jjllambias@hotmail.com writes: > 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. > A reasonable explanation, though it might just be the langauge of the keeper of an international market (or now just an ordinary super) who has to stock all the fruits mentioned. Or a trustee of the zoo-museum district (including the botanical garden) who has to deal with the whole kit and kaboodle (he screwed up {terdi} for Trekkies). The extraterrestrial view has strange implications for SW work, I suspect. --part1_12.f8350b4.2882511a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 7/14/2001 7:06:08 PM Central Daylight Time,
jjllambias@hotmail.com writes:


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.


A reasonable explanation, though it might just be the langauge of the keeper
of an international market (or now just an ordinary super) who has to stock
all the fruits mentioned.  Or a trustee of the zoo-museum district (including
the botanical garden) who has to deal with the whole kit and kaboodle (he
screwed up {terdi} for Trekkies).  The extraterrestrial view has strange
implications for SW work, I suspect. --part1_12.f8350b4.2882511a_boundary--