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Clifford" X-Apple-Yahoo-Replied-Msgid: 1_10174612_AHnHjkQAAA+iToH5Sg5HVFdqPDA Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Should we have another mailing list for abstruse discussions? 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The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Well, with this use and CLL, a good case can be made for three distinct meanings -- not to mention as short- scope particular quantifier. Sent from my iPad On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:26, Jed wrote: [...] Content analysis details: (1.2 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (kali9putra[at]yahoo.com) 1.2 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net [Blocked - see ] 0.0 DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED No valid author signature, adsp_override is CUSTOM_MED -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 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 Well, with this use and CLL, a good case can be made for three distinct meanings -- not to mention as short- scope particular quantifier. Sent from my iPad On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:26, Jed wrote: > 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 being able to talk to computers and have them /actually >>> 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 language >>> 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 ever >>> 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 subjective >>> argument, but meh. I'm allowed. >> >>> {lo broda} means "one or more things which actually fit into the x1 slot 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? Why not take up Klingon, which has a definite culture and definitive >>>> answers to your haja questions (haja form the pluperfect subjunctive?, a >>>> question liable to get more muddy than xorlo in Lojban)? Or toki pona, 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 contributions >>>> 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 eternal >>>> xorlo issue so, are not completely uninterested nor ignorant. So, what 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 abstruse >>>> 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) goes, >>>>> "If you want to have a logical language, you have to put up with a little >>>>> logic". In the present case, since it concerns {zo'e}, the most common >>>>> unwritten word in Lojban, and thus {lo}, the most common written word >>>>> (possibly excluding {I} and { cu}), it would seem to be worthy of general >>>>> attention. The demands of the discussion are not great (yes, Montague's >>>>> course was graduate level, but Partee's was just Senior level and we don't >>>>> need the whole pile here). So gird up and learn a little about possible >>>>> worlds and mappings and intensionality. Jboske would be a nice site, 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 look >>>> it up and find out, sure. But, here's the thing- I don't care. I am not 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 tell >>>> us, in layman's terms, once they've figured it out. The whole zo'e thing >>>> 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- especially >>>> 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. Get >>>> 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 Groups >>>>> "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=en. >> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "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=en. >> >>>> -- >>>> 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 ) >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "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=en. >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "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=en. >> >>> -- >>> 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 ) >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "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=en. >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "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=en. >> >> -- >> 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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