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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:34:38AM +0100, Escape Landsome wrote:
> In Renato Dentato's comics, I find the following bit of dialogue :
> 
> --- Can we ask questions ?
> 
> --- You've just asked one !
> 
> Although this is perfectly logical, I find this a little heavy,
> and I wonder if the purpose of Lojban is to underline (or avoid)
> this kind of thing.   You see, this bit of dialogue is something
> which tries, (as it seems to me) to be "brilliant", but, in terms
> of common daily speech capacity, it is rather just "idiotic".

IMO that's not a language issue but rather a social issue.  The
response is either funny (rarely) or assholish (usually), depending
on the social context and the sort of people you're talking to, not
what language you're speaking in.

I would feel entirely comfortable responding to the second line with
{ko setca le stedu be do le nenri be le ganxo be do doi bebna .i
ju'o do djuno le se zu'edji be mi}

-Robin

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