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Re: Chemical elements proposal (longish)
- To: lojban-list
- Subject: Re: Chemical elements proposal (longish)
- From: cowan (John Cowan)
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 11:31:40 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <9104240111.AA20190@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>; from "Ivan Derzhanski" at Apr 23, 91 9:11 pm
> What criteria did an element have to meet in order to be assigned a gismu?
In general, the criterion was supposed to be "metaphorical use in any
of the Loglan/Lojban source languages". Chrome, nickel, and neon all
have metaphorical uses in English (shiny metal, the U.S. 5 cent piece,
fluorescent light).
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