From cowan@ccil.org Wed Aug 01 17:56:20 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:56:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.ccil.org ([192.190.237.11]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IGOz9-0002Qa-2Y for llg-members@lojban.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:56:18 -0700 Received: from cowan by earth.ccil.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IGOz6-00025W-1d for llg-members@lojban.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:56:12 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 20:56:12 -0400 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: Create Lojban geocaching coins? Message-ID: <20070802005611.GA26836@mercury.ccil.org> References: <925d17560708010849h4d95c8f4x7a0fd1a6a0601ba8@mail.gmail.com> <46B0C30A.2030800@lojban.org> <200708011928.21579.phma@phma.optus.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200708011928.21579.phma@phma.optus.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: John Cowan X-Spam-Score: 0.1 X-Spam-Score-Int: 1 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 314 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: cowan@ccil.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members Pierre Abbat scripsit: > There's a song that begins "And can it be"; I've often wondered why. I think the initial "And" gives an impression of continuing an existing conversation. Of course it may just be to get the meter right. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org ccil.org/~cowan Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos --Lithuanian proverb Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem --Latin version thereof Deity donated dentition; deity'll donate doughnuts --English version by Muke Tever God gave gums; God'll give granary --Version by Mat McVeagh