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If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Shoot, I must not have been paying attention. I didn't realize anyone thought zo'e meant anything different. On Sep 20, 4:48 pm, Jonathan Jones wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM, John E Clifford wrote: > > > Good! Then you realize the importance of having the meaning of all > > expressions of Lojban as clearly laid out in formal terms as possible, so > > that computers (as of now at least, can understand). So you must recognize > > that the problems with {zo'e} are important, since that word preserves the > > place structure intact, rather than flittering away into mush when it is not > > used completely. > > Seeing as I intentionally haven't paid attention, at all, to that thread, I > don't even know what "problems" {zo'e} has. So, I'm going to say, no, I > don't re3cognixe that they are important. What I do recognize is that /I/, > personally, don't care. I'm not a linguist. To me {zo'e} means, basically, > "context-determined". That is, whatever it is within the context of the > jufra, or possibly the discussion, that would sensibly fit in the place > {zo'e} is being used (explicitly or implicitly), is what what {zo'e} means > in that place. I would not be surprised if a computer of today could not > understand that, but I do not think it is because {zo'e} is ill-defined, I > think it is because computers don't understand context, or even the concept > thereof. > > > I agree about Klingon, but I think tp is cute (subjective, as you say). > > And, of course, I like your definition of {lo broda}. > > It's not /my/ definition. It's /the/ definition. > > > > > > > > > *From:* Jonathan Jones > > *To:* lojban@googlegroups.com > > *Sent:* Tue, September 20, 2011 4:30:17 PM > > > *Subject:* Re: [lojban] Should we have another mailing list for abstruse > > discussions? > > > My attraction to Lojban is the unambiguous-ness of it's pronunciation, that > > it is possible to be as specific or as clear as you want, and the place > > structure system it has due to being based on predicate logic. Oh yes, and > > that stated goal of [...] Content analysis details: (0.3 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (jednewaccount[at]yahoo.com) -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low trust [209.85.213.189 listed in list.dnswl.org] 0.0 DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED No valid author signature, adsp_override is CUSTOM_MED -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD 'From' yahoo.com does not match 'Received' headers 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature Shoot, I must not have been paying attention. I didn't realize anyone thought zo'e meant anything different. On Sep 20, 4:48=A0pm, Jonathan Jones wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM, John E Clifford wr= ote: > > > Good! =A0Then you realize the importance of having the meaning of all > > expressions of Lojban as clearly laid out in formal terms as possible, = so > > that computers (as of now at least, can understand). =A0So you must rec= ognize > > that the problems with {zo'e} are important, since that word preserves = the > > place structure intact, rather than flittering away into mush when it i= s not > > used completely. > > Seeing as I intentionally haven't paid attention, at all, to that thread,= I > don't even know what "problems" {zo'e} has. So, I'm going to say, no, I > don't re3cognixe that they are important. What I do recognize is that /I/= , > personally, don't care. I'm not a linguist. To me {zo'e} means, basically= , > "context-determined". That is, whatever it is within the context of the > jufra, or possibly the discussion, that would sensibly fit in the place > {zo'e} is being used (explicitly or implicitly), is what what {zo'e} mean= s > in that place. I would not be surprised if a computer of today could not > understand that, but I do not think it is because {zo'e} is ill-defined, = I > think it is because computers don't understand context, or even the conce= pt > thereof. > > > I agree about Klingon, but I think tp is cute (subjective, as you say). > > And, of course, I like your definition of {lo broda}. > > It's not /my/ definition. It's /the/ definition. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Jonathan Jones > > *To:* lojban@googlegroups.com > > *Sent:* Tue, September 20, 2011 4:30:17 PM > > > *Subject:* Re: [lojban] Should we have another mailing list for abstrus= e > > discussions? > > > My attraction to Lojban is the unambiguous-ness of it's pronunciation, = that > > it is possible to be as specific or as clear as you want, and the place > > structure system it has due to being based on predicate logic. Oh yes, = and > > that stated goal of being able to talk to computers and have them /actu= ally > > understand you/. > > > I don't take up Klingon because I'm not a Trekkie. While I do like the = Star > > Trek franchise, I'm not enough of a fan to devote time to learn a langu= age > > spoken by a fictitious race of war-mongers. /IF/ I were going to learn = the > > language of a star Trek species, I'd learn Vulcan. The only Klingon I e= ver > > liked was Torres on Voyager, and she was milato. > > > I don't take up toki pona because it's ugly. I realize that's a subject= ive > > argument, but meh. I'm allowed. > > > {lo broda} means "one or more things which actually fit into the x1 slo= t of > > the predicate {broda}". > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:09 PM, John E Clifford = wrote: > > >> Well, in keeping with the saying, what is the attraction of Lojban to > >> you? =A0Why not take up Klingon, which has a definite culture and defi= nitive > >> answers to your haja questions (haja form the pluperfect subjunctive?,= a > >> question liable to get more muddy than xorlo in Lojban)? =A0Or toki po= na, that > >> takes about a day to learn enough to carry on conversations on a range= of > >> things and contribute to the list? And, while most of your contributio= ns > >> have been about haja questions or general learning aids (the best app = for > >> your smartphone, say), you have taken part in earlier rounds of the et= ernal > >> xorlo issue so, are not completely uninterested nor ignorant. =A0So, w= hat do > >> you think {lo broda} means? > > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* Jonathan Jones > >> *To:* lojban@googlegroups.com > >> *Sent:* Tue, September 20, 2011 2:58:45 PM > >> *Subject:* Re: [lojban] Should we have another mailing list for abstru= se > >> discussions? > > >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:04 AM, John E. Clifford wrote: > > >>> Well, as the old saying (I've been saying it for thirty some years) g= oes, > >>> "If you want to have a logical language, you have to put up with a li= ttle > >>> logic". =A0In the present case, since it concerns {zo'e}, the most co= mmon > >>> unwritten word in Lojban, and thus {lo}, the most common written word > >>> (possibly excluding {I} and { cu}), it would seem to be worthy of gen= eral > >>> attention. =A0The demands of the discussion are not great (yes, Monta= gue's > >>> course was graduate level, but Partee's was just Senior level and we = don't > >>> need the whole pile here). =A0So gird up and learn a little about pos= sible > >>> worlds and mappings and intensionality. =A0Jboske would be a nice sit= e, but,as > >>> noted, no one goes there and there is no handy connection to it from = the > >>> general site. > > >>> Sent from my iPad > > >> I don't even know what the TITLE means. Oh, I know I could probably lo= ok > >> it up and find out, sure. But, here's the thing- I don't care. I am no= t a > >> linguist or logician. I have no interest whatsoever IN understanding. > >> Figuring out how the language works isn't my job. That job belongs to = the > >> linguists and logicians. They figure out how a word works, then they t= ell > >> us, in layman's terms, once they've figured it out. The whole zo'e thi= ng > >> going on is exactly that- something they are figuring out. > > >> I've got enough stuff on my "to learn" plate being in college without > >> putting the learning of an entirely new discipline on there too- espec= ially > >> one that I'm not interested in anyway. If I don't /need/ to learn it, = and I > >> don't /want/ to learn it, I'm not going to learn it. Simple as that. G= et > >> back to me when you figure out what zo'e means. > > >>> On Sep 20, 2011, at 5:40, rdent...@gmail.com wrote: > > >>> On , Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > >>> > There is jbo...@yahoogroups.com, but that one hasn't been posted to > >>> since 2007. > > >>> Great! Let's ask those that want to conduct such in-depth discussions= to > >>> move there! > > >>> remod > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr= oups > >>> "lojban" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > > >>> =A0-- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr= oups > >>> "lojban" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > > >> -- > >> mu'o mi'e .aionys. > > >> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o > >> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) > > >> =A0-- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro= ups > >> "lojban" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro= ups > >> "lojban" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > > > -- > > mu'o mi'e .aionys. > > > .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o > > (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) > > > =A0-- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou= ps > > "lojban" group. > > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou= ps > > "lojban" group. > > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > > -- > mu'o mi'e .aionys. > > .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o > (Come to the Dot Side! 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