On 2003.08.19, 12:20, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In Esperanto, there is no word for "yard".
I paste from _Plena Ilustrita Vortaro_ (SAT: Paris, 1971 -- newer
editions I cannot aford exist), page 450:
<b>jard</b>/<b>o</b> <b>1</b> &ship_vignette; Transversa velstango,
al kiu la supra rando de velo estas fiksita: <i>antau˘a</i>,
<i>meza</i>, <i>posta &swung_dash;o</i>, <i>top&swung_dash;o</i>,
<i>bram&swung_dash;o</i>, <i>reg&circumflex;&swung_dash;o</i>.
&black_forward_pointing_hand; <i>bumo</i>, <i>busprito</i>,
<i>gafo</i>. <b>2</b> Brita mezurunuo de longo (0, 917 m)
&black_forward_pointing_hand; <i>metro</i>, <i>klafto</i>,
<i>ars&circumflex;ino</i>. <b>al&swung_dash;igi.</b> Fiksi la velon
al la &swung_dash;o, por ekuzado. &black_forward_pointing_hand;
<i>refi</i>, <i>brajli</i>, <i>ferli</i>.
As you can see, meaning #2 fits quite nicely the semantic field of the
English word "yard" in its measure unit usage. (Note also #1 and check
Esperanto word "_korto_" for other meanings of "yard".)
(Beware: In my quote above many non-existing XML entities included.)
> If you want to say "It was 50 yards away" you are expected to convert
> the distance to meters before translation. Such is the requirement of
> a global language.
What a piece of rubbish. I suggest you dont mix your own private ideas
about global language with the objective reality of esperanto speakers'
word usage.
> more people speak Klingon than Esperanto,
Of course you have documentation to back this claim; I'd like you access
it, please. (Quite frankly, I dont care too much weather this is so or
not -- but I'm genuinely interested, as I am envolved in both subjects
and this statement contradicts everything I ever experienced and come
across with.) Off list, of course.
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