From cowan@ccil.org Sun Jun 25 20:36:54 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27624 invoked from network); 26 Jun 2000 03:36:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 26 Jun 2000 03:36:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO locke.ccil.org) (192.190.237.102) by mta3 with SMTP; 26 Jun 2000 03:36:51 -0000 Received: from localhost (cowan@localhost) by locke.ccil.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA20672; Mon, 26 Jun 2000 00:09:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 00:09:42 -0400 (EDT) To: Major Cc: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] RECORD: containers In-Reply-To: <200006260257.KAA27433@fremantle.perth.ilink> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Major wrote: > > > Something is a home/den/nest only if it is inhabited; > > Habitually or right at this very instant? Either will do. > In English the building I live in is still my "home" while I am at > work, is this not true in Lojban? No, that's no problem. It's just that an empty house, where nobody lives, can't be called an "ca'o ca'a zdani". -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org "You need a change: try Canada" "You need a change: try China" --fortune cookies opened by a couple that I know