Received: from mail-ey0-f189.google.com ([209.85.215.189]:40900) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RbH8M-0002yL-OJ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:33 -0800 Received: by eaaa13 with SMTP id a13sf2153289eaa.16 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:19 -0800 (PST) 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=fbMVPKlpS0kieEAcqkFNNd44w3OchayFdMB90HqIOAo=; b=aJy62tPH7V1kqf9JHBOfh/KQAeBjRb0WuNVj6Qei63Vzkmb9k+QitAWog/Wa553IAR 3VJb85hnxUoVr7HXU8/OTFa6SgTrCg4SeSlACUpRehvPj/E/R7ti00qC3tbWE7R78W86 /bU0fnGRwB8ZIiHxYfucigm1gkEylD5Kdl13M= Received: by 10.205.136.210 with SMTP id il18mr941048bkc.3.1323977895463; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:15 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.213.2.69 with SMTP id 5ls1944411ebi.2.gmail; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.21.134 with SMTP id j6mr244501ebb.11.1323977894464; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.21.134 with SMTP id j6mr244500ebb.11.1323977894426; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com (mail-ey0-f169.google.com [209.85.215.169]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 41si4977897eee.2.2011.12.15.11.38.14 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.169 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.169; Received: by mail-ey0-f169.google.com with SMTP id m6so1043101eab.0 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.10.80 with SMTP id o16mr2175753bko.13.1323977894263; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.44.199 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:38:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111214224426.GR21878@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> References: <20111214183256.GG21878@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <20111214224426.GR21878@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:38:14 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Baby words: "I accept" as a selbri? 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 209.85.215.169 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=0015175cd80a13fa1b04b426a0e7 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / --0015175cd80a13fa1b04b426a0e7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Robin Lee Powell < rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 07:41:16PM -0300, Jorge Llamb=EDas wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Robin Lee Powell > > wrote: > > > > > > The original was something like "I'm willing to carry you all > > > the time, I just can't walk any more". I got stuck on the first > > > clause. > > > > To be willing to do something you just can't do doesn't seem to > > take much commitment, does it? > > I was afraid that confusion would occur. I was still willing to > *hold* them, and even hold them standing up, but not to continue > walking (they wouldn't stop crying unless I was actually walking). > So those are two disparate clauses; pamjai and cadzu. > > > For "amenable" I use "bredi", but I'm not sure it works when you > > are unable to do it. > > Hmmm. Yeah, {bredi} is pretty good, thanks. > I'm not so sure about "bredi". There is a reason the expression is "ready, willing, and able" -- They imply three different states. I should think "willing" might be more in the domain of sarxe/tugni/mapti. I.e, my internal state is in accord with yours, whether or not I am actually able or prepared to do so. --gejyspa > --=20 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@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den. --0015175cd80a13fa1b04b426a0e7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at= 5:44 PM, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 07:41:16PM -0300, Jorge Llamb=EDa= s wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkin= gdom.org> wrote:
> >
> > The original was something like "I'm willing to carry yo= u all
> > the time, I just can't walk any more". =A0I got stuck on= the first
> > clause.
>
> To be willing to do something you just can't do doesn't seem t= o
> take much commitment, does it?

I was afraid that confusion would occur. =A0I was still willing to *hold* them, and even hold them standing up, but not to continue
walking (they wouldn't stop crying unless I was actually walking).
So those are two disparate clauses; pamjai and cadzu.

> For "amenable" I use "bredi", but I'm not sure= it works when you
> are unable to do it.

Hmmm. =A0Yeah, {bredi} is pretty good, thanks.
<= br>
=A0 I'm not so sure about "bredi". =A0There is = a reason the expression=A0=A0is "ready, willing, and able" -- The= y imply three different states. =A0I should think "willing" might= be more in the domain of sarxe/tugni/mapti. I.e, my internal state is in a= ccord with yours, whether or not I am actually able or prepared to do so.

=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0--gejyspa

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