Re: Lojban

On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:30:24 -0400, Dana Nutter \ deinx nxtxr
<li_sasxsekREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>li [Padraic Brown] mi tulis la ...
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>> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:27:47 -0400, Bob LeChevalier
>> <lojbab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >Padraic Brown <elemtilas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >>>That will depend on what you mean by it - the context is
insufficient
>> >>>to identify the intended meaning.
>> >>
>> >>I take it you don't listen to AM radio. The context is the top of the
>> >>hour moment when the radio station jingle announces "WXYZ, 1551AM,
>> >>with your news, s****ts and weather at the top of the hour!"
>> >
>> >The statement is multiply ambiguous and false to boot (it's marketing,
>> >so we should expect this).  There will in fact be no s****ts at the top
>> >of the hour.  For one thing, hours are not physical objects and have
>> >no "tops".  
>> 
>> Rest snipped for brevity. If you choose not to answer the question,
>> kindly say so! I can only take this to mean that "s****ts" is something
>> that can't be discussed in Lojban and that Lojban is not a language
>> that could ever be used for daily life.
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>That's pretty mcuh what I was trying to say to Lojbab.  I'd just
>like to see a sentence in Lojban  that conveys that information
>to see how it would be rendered.

It might be that much more than s****ts is "missing" from Lojban's
ability to discuss. Maybe they never thought that someone would want
to broadcast in Lojban, and so the language has no idea what "WXYZ"
refers to, or what "1551AM" is or what the "top" and "bottom of the
hour" are. I would think that "s****ts" would be more basic than even
AM radio!

Padraic

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