intenet vocabulary?

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janMato
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intenet vocabulary?

Post by janMato »

tenpo pini lili la mi toki tawa jan kiwen pi utala lukin lon ilo IRC.

mi wile sona e nimi ni:

troll - jan kiwen pi utala lukin
spam - sitelin jaki pi moku akesi
flame war - utala pi nimi jaki
flame - sitilen utala pi nimi jaki
Godwin's Law - lawa pi nimi "o" pi jan Goduwan

ante mute?

pona anu pona ala?
janKipo
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Re: intenet vocabulary?

Post by janKipo »

I guess I don't get "hard man of visual fighting," but, then, I am not sure just which objectionable sort is correctly called a troll.
Someone had 'moku jaki pi poki kiwen' for spam -- etymologically correct, I suppose, but not informative, but then, neither is 'filthy writing of toad food."
Godwin's law is just 'lawa pi jan Kowin {Godwin)' unless you want to say something about its content
mute ante? ("Many others" not "very different")
soweli Elepanto
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Re: intenet vocabulary?

Post by soweli Elepanto »

janMato wrote:mi wile sona e nimi ni:

troll - jan kiwen pi utala lukin
spam - sitelin jaki pi moku akesi
flame war - utala pi nimi jaki
flame - sitilen utala pi nimi jaki
Godwin's Law - lawa pi nimi "o" pi jan Goduwan

ante mute?

pona anu pona ala?
Well done! My be it would be better somewhat shorten these too long phrases?
For example:

troll - jan pi nimi jaki , jan pi toki jaki or even just jan jaki , jan nasa.
spam - sitelen ike , sitelen jaki.
flame war - utala nimi , utala toki , utala sitelen.
flame - toki ike , toki utala , toki jaki.
moderator - jan lawa , jan lukin.
banned - ona li ken ala toki , ona li ken ala sitelen.

toki lili li pona. toki suli li ike. :)
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