Received: from mail-bw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.214.61]:39603) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RBrWr-0003qm-0F; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:46 -0700 Received: by bkaq10 with SMTP id q10sf2955734bka.16 for ; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=hVIUrcGkmTMYwSrErsiz6vLVBOjacHBeY3FfzgK3OAg=; b=5PmylzAxzlaH6YxUidCh/VJFjuyjiEHbjebnKazVyQDi5OkAv+LB2UxIo6QrM1MOUY vxxqmMow/znz3/pHv3J2AtSQ8Qe1XF911K3xFHXJCPZlB0ZXII+AgSfcmPNg9phypr+W EH4pc5aZ2WVJaTjrfnRW+rgK7uIgbdhgSVbLg= Received: by 10.223.64.73 with SMTP id d9mr601156fai.4.1317921270584; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:30 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.130.15 with SMTP id q15ls590820bks.0.gmail; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.144.154 with SMTP id z26mr215015bku.10.1317921269204; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.144.154 with SMTP id z26mr215014bku.10.1317921269169; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z6si969883bku.0.2011.10.06.10.14.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:29 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.54 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.54; Received: by mail-bw0-f54.google.com with SMTP id zs8so4397366bkb.13 for ; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.0.83 with SMTP id 19mr763943bka.395.1317921268914; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:14:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.41.75 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Oct 2011 10:14:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1317917098.8073.YahooMailRC@web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <1315774215.25455.YahooMailRC@web81304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20110912225255.GG28088@gonzales> <1315882379.97949.YahooMailRC@web81308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20110914041335.GO28088@gonzales> <55EFAEEE-10A9-4002-951E-7BD949DC29F7@yahoo.com> <20110914232007.GC6492@gonzales> <1316055853.22283.YahooMailRC@web81304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20110916000632.GD7274@gonzales> <1317917098.8073.YahooMailRC@web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 13:14:28 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] {zo'e} as close-scope existentially quantified plural variable From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.54 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00151750e39a135ac404aea4750a X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --00151750e39a135ac404aea4750a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Nope. Can't understand it well enough to formulate a question. I'll let you and Martin and Jorge sort it out, and then let Jorge explain it language I can understand (whether or not I will agree with it). As physicist Ernest Rutherford once said: "A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good." Consider me your bartender. --gejyspa On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:04 PM, John E Clifford wrote: > No, just bad typing. I am sure that is not your only question about > this discussion; I sure have many. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Michael Turniansky > *To:* lojban@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thu, October 6, 2011 8:24:59 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [lojban] {zo'e} as close-scope existentially quantified > plural variable > > > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:23 PM, John E. Clifford wrote: > >> [1] Sincei have doubts about what {zo'e} means, I'm not sure what {mii na >> klama zo'e} means, but I suppose it must be either "I do not go there", >> where "there" is some place obvious from context (the value of the Skolem >> function for the argument mi) or "I don't go anywhere", if it's a particular >> quantified variable, certainly not you second choice. > > > With my usual habit of injecting mibzdi nu xajmi into long abstruse > threads, I will just ask the following question about your first sentence: > zo sincei zo'u se mupli fu'e xu la lyrens.oLIvieis .a la'acu'i ke la > melPOmenis .a la talaiys fu'o > > --gejyspa > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. 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=A0 Nope.=A0 Can't understand it well enough to f= ormulate a question.=A0 I'll let you and Martin and Jorge sort it out, = and then let Jorge explain it language I can understand (whether or not I w= ill agree with it).=A0 As physicist Ernest Rutherf= ord once said: "A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is = probably no damn good."=A0 Consider me your bartender.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= --gejyspa


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On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:04 PM, John E Clifford= <kali9putra@y= ahoo.com> wrote:
No, just bad typing.=A0=A0 I am sure that is not your only questi= on about this discussion; I sure have many.



From: Michael Turniansky &l= t;mturniansky@gm= ail.com>
To: lojban@googlegroup= s.com
Sent: Thu, October 6, 2011 = 8:24:59 AM=20

Subject:<= /b> Re: [lojban] {zo'e} as close-scope existentially quantified plural = variable



On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:23 PM, John E. Cliffo= rd <kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrote:
[1] Sincei have doubts about wha= t {zo'e} means, I'm not sure what {mii na klama zo'e} means, bu= t I suppose it must be either "I do not go there", where "th= ere" is some place obvious from context (the value of the Skolem funct= ion for the argument mi) or "I don't go anywhere", if it'= s a particular quantified variable, certainly not you second choice.
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=A0 With my usual habit of injecting mibzdi nu xajmi into long abstrus= e threads, I will just ask the following question about your first sentence= :=A0 zo sincei zo'u se mupli fu'e xu la lyrens.oLIvieis .a la'a= cu'i ke=A0la melPOmenis .a la talaiys fu'o
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --gejyspa
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