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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: No, no-one has actually given me any help yet. -Robin On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 05:23:28PM -0700, Jonathan Jones wrote: > I thought you already got that? I remember a couple of people saying they > at least knew it.... > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Robin Lee Powell < > rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote: > > > when I get some LaTeX help, yes. > > > > -Robin > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 04:50:47PM -0700, Jonathan Jones wrote: > > > Well, unless I'm mistaken, these are the *new* decision days, and Robin > > is > > > Decision Man. > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:20 PM, John E Clifford > >wrote: > > > > > > > Wish you'd been around in the decision days. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > From: Robin Lee Powell > > > > To: lojban@googlegroups.com > > > > Sent: Fri, December 16, 2011 5:14:41 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [lojban] Mini-rant: mutce and traji must die. > > > > > > > > See, I *like* {x1 is bluer than x2}. *That* is a good use of place > > > > structure; it gives you immediate access to extra meaning you might > > > > actually want with no extra syllables. > > > > > > > > -Robin > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 03:08:38PM -0800, John E Clifford wrote: > > > > > Back in the day, most basic adjectives were inherently comparative: > > > > {blanu} was > > > > > > > > > > officially "x1 is bluer than x2" (with maybe a few more places -- > > this > > > > is a > > > > > Loglan word here, btw). This always raised the question, when you > > > > wanted to > > > > >use > > > > > > > > > > the merely attributive sense, "What is it bluer than when it is > > simply > > > > blue" > > > > >and > > > > > > > > > > the answer always was (though no one ever seemed to like) "the > > > > > standard/average/typical/.... one of what ever x1 is relevantly at > > the > > > > moment", > > > > > > > > > > roughly "blue for a ...". I was usually elided in the "you know > > what I > > > > mean" > > > > > way, though the opponents always treated it as a "something" elision. > > > > (Using [...] Content analysis details: (0.5 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low trust [209.85.160.61 listed in list.dnswl.org] 1.2 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net [Blocked - see ] -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 No, no-one has actually given me any help yet. -Robin On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 05:23:28PM -0700, Jonathan Jones wrote: > I thought you already got that? I remember a couple of people saying they > at least knew it.... > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Robin Lee Powell < > rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote: > > > when I get some LaTeX help, yes. > > > > -Robin > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 04:50:47PM -0700, Jonathan Jones wrote: > > > Well, unless I'm mistaken, these are the *new* decision days, and Robin > > is > > > Decision Man. > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:20 PM, John E Clifford > >wrote: > > > > > > > Wish you'd been around in the decision days. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > From: Robin Lee Powell > > > > To: lojban@googlegroups.com > > > > Sent: Fri, December 16, 2011 5:14:41 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [lojban] Mini-rant: mutce and traji must die. > > > > > > > > See, I *like* {x1 is bluer than x2}. *That* is a good use of place > > > > structure; it gives you immediate access to extra meaning you might > > > > actually want with no extra syllables. > > > > > > > > -Robin > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 03:08:38PM -0800, John E Clifford wrote: > > > > > Back in the day, most basic adjectives were inherently comparative: > > > > {blanu} was > > > > > > > > > > officially "x1 is bluer than x2" (with maybe a few more places -- > > this > > > > is a > > > > > Loglan word here, btw). This always raised the question, when you > > > > wanted to > > > > >use > > > > > > > > > > the merely attributive sense, "What is it bluer than when it is > > simply > > > > blue" > > > > >and > > > > > > > > > > the answer always was (though no one ever seemed to like) "the > > > > > standard/average/typical/.... one of what ever x1 is relevantly at > > the > > > > moment", > > > > > > > > > > roughly "blue for a ...". I was usually elided in the "you know > > what I > > > > mean" > > > > > way, though the opponents always treated it as a "something" elision. > > > > (Using > > > > > basic comparatives makes a couple of moves in semantics a lot easier, > > > > which is > > > > > > > > > why it was used. I miss it) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: .arpis. > > > > > To: lojban@googlegroups.com > > > > > Sent: Fri, December 16, 2011 2:36:13 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [lojban] Mini-rant: mutce and traji must die. > > > > > > > > > > One of the things I really like about lojban (in the abstract, not > > > > necessarily > > > > > > > > > in practice) is that selbri have places which make explicit certain > > > > things > > > > >which > > > > > > > > > > are completely implicit in other languages; one example: {rajycla} > > has a > > > > "by > > > > > standard" place (inherited from {clani}), which makes it clear that > > the > > > > > "standard of tallness" matters in any discussion of height, and > > requires > > > > a > > > > > different selbri ({rajycla be zi'o}) to ignore it. > > > > > > > > > > It seems to me that spoken lojban will (almost) never use more than > > three > > > > > places, common written lojban will behave similarly, and technical or > > > > pedantic > > > > > > > > > lojban will have some words (depending on context) which use more > > places. > > > > > > > > > > {.ua ro di'u na'e se ganzu} > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Robin Lee Powell < > > > > rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 02:12:43PM -0600, vitci'i wrote: > > > > > >> On 12/16/2011 01:31 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > >> > These places must die! > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I'm kind of curious to see how far this can be taken. What would > > > > > >> happen if, even in gismu, we forbade any place that can be > > > > > >> replaced by a modal? > > > > > > > > > > > >Can those places be replaced by a modal? Which one? > > > > > > > > > > > >I have, fwiw, considered that posibility in my head as well. I > > > > > >think that's too much of some-other-language-that-isn't-Lojban. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Consider {cusku}. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> x1 (agent) expresses/says x2 (sedu'u/text/lu'e concept) for > > > > > >> audience x3 via expressive medium x4. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> cusku1 is covered by {gau}, and cusku3 is covered by {ri'i}. > > > > > >> cusku4 is covered by {xebe'i}. Though I'm stretching a bit, cusku2 > > > > > >> could be covered by {fi'o jufra}, leaving us with a zero-place > > > > > >> gismu. > > > > > > > > > > > >*snrk* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> I am vaguely imagining a language centered around modals rather > > > > > >> than predicates, with selbri being created implicitly and nonce by > > > > > >> the lists of their places. I'm not sure that this is different > > > > > >> from all gismu having exactly one place. > > > > > > > > > > > >Yeah, as I say, I've pondered that as well as a thought experiment, > > > > > >but it's a different language. Probably a much more verbose one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-Robin > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > >http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > > > > > >Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot > > > > > >is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" > > > > > >is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > >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 .arpis. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > > > > Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot > > > > is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" > > > > is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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. > > > > > > > -- > > http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > > Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot > > is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" > > is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ > > > > -- > > 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. > -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- 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.