From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Apr 29 05:45:55 2011 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list jbovlaste); Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:45:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QFn50-0006cp-MH for jbovlaste-real@lojban.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:45:54 -0700 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.123]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QFn4w-0006cV-Qd for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:45:54 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=2pE2Kh9Ye2ywHyyFZnC5ZQ1FvuPrdOtuPO5uN4ysVDU= c=1 sm=0 a=6ti_TD8eFm8A:10 a=N1LBFnwwpSQA:10 a=wPDyFdB5xvgA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=9o99xeNKNPYSmM5t9x5+TQ==:17 a=jVoucpiKdxXUpYNF2msA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=5seo1zjpEIeX1l0e:21 a=tmiQ7tP4PwLFjouN:21 a=9o99xeNKNPYSmM5t9x5+TQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 75.176.118.168 Received: from [75.176.118.168] ([75.176.118.168:56592] helo=chausie) by cdptpa-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 18/45-05159-7F2BABD4; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:45:44 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5419217E66 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:45:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: Military ranks Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:45:37 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <62188.7337.qm@web88006.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <201104281051.16301.phma@phma.optus.nu> <837321.5376.qm@web88004.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <837321.5376.qm@web88004.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201104290845.39740.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-archive-position: 16 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-list: jbovlaste On Thursday 28 April 2011 13:57:15 A. PIEKARSKI wrote: > Would a comma suffice, as in "jatcrxof,pano"? It suffices (and isn't even necessary) in this case, but if the number is ze, you need a vowel. "jatnrxof,ze" is invalid. > What advantage would "zelmoikle jianrale" offer over "zelmoikle jatna"? "jianrale" without a number gives a general idea of the rank of general. A jatna can be any rank, and doesn't even have to be in the military. Pierre -- When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates. Já não percebe nada, já não percebe nada.