From MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Fri Jan 14 17:22:13 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:22:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m25.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.6]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cpcdp-0003vT-Ke for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:22:13 -0800 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-m25.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id j.105.587096a7 (4560) for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:21:36 -0500 (EST) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <105.587096a7.2f19ca20@wmconnect.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:21:36 EST Subject: [lojban-beginners] Dumpty's fall To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_105.587096a7.2f19ca20_boundary" X-archive-position: 1017 X-Approved-By: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners --part1_105.587096a7.2f19ca20_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 2005-01-14 5:24:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > a long fall sounds better than a big fall in english (despite the original > being "Humpty Dumpty had a big fall"), I remember it as a *great* fall, which is closer to 'big' than to 'long'. stevo --part1_105.587096a7.2f19ca20_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 2005-01-14 5:24:17=20= AM Eastern Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


a long fall sounds better t= han a big fall in english (despite the original being "Humpty Dumpty had a b= ig fall"),


I remember it as a *great* fall, which is closer to 'big' than to 'long'= .=20
stevo --part1_105.587096a7.2f19ca20_boundary--