Received: from mail-iy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.210.189]:52570) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1S3zqI-0002KQ-40; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:34 -0800 Received: by iahk25 with SMTP id k25sf2529279iah.16 for ; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:23 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lojban+bncCK7Yk5CUCxCc_sr6BBoElwTWyQ@googlegroups.com designates 10.50.183.136 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.50.183.136; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lojban+bncCK7Yk5CUCxCc_sr6BBoElwTWyQ@googlegroups.com designates 10.50.183.136 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lojban+bncCK7Yk5CUCxCc_sr6BBoElwTWyQ@googlegroups.com; dkim=pass header.i=lojban+bncCK7Yk5CUCxCc_sr6BBoElwTWyQ@googlegroups.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.50.183.136]) by 10.50.183.136 with SMTP id em8mr3551076igc.3.1330822943678 (num_hops = 1); Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc: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=/BY9KC4CsKjW/Cr7U0NP5giXICbK/pbNgOzVLKKN06I=; b=kTeZ/pURxFximOLms+yft5THb8XWYeNRYL0NTg3YndwSpvNm8ABI66nl2JSv2SX084 4hRhAK+vvvPlm+RildxKfswKlzCcEWmOQ6hxPXmCUohA6Ok4XAyBIB+Q0sNzoJnO1bdf /UwvddWAAe9OhQZToBjjfPQB8Qoj/tLnvy8LA= Received: by 10.50.183.136 with SMTP id em8mr979329igc.3.1330822940678; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:20 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.50.92.70 with SMTP id ck6ls1648782igb.3.canary; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.43.124.134 with SMTP id go6mr5817933icc.3.1330822939278; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.43.124.134 with SMTP id go6mr5817932icc.3.1330822939263; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-iy0-f172.google.com (mail-iy0-f172.google.com [209.85.210.172]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gv1si3884113igb.3.2012.03.03.17.02.19 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rdentato@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.172 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.210.172; Received: by iazz13 with SMTP id z13so3857228iaz.3 for ; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rdentato@gmail.com designates 10.50.195.131 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.50.195.131; Received: from mr.google.com ([10.50.195.131]) by 10.50.195.131 with SMTP id ie3mr2788507igc.52.1330822939163 (num_hops = 1); Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.195.131 with SMTP id ie3mr2331064igc.52.1330822939112; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.133.73 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 17:02:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <8929c895-6264-4ae8-b9ff-1d3b3094d404@gr6g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <20120302180216.GP29980@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <4F5156CA.3040104@plasmatix.com> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 02:02:19 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: [lojban] Re: [lojban-beginners] Let's do something like this for Lojban! From: Remo Dentato To: Jonathan Jones Cc: "lojban@googlegroups.com" X-Original-Sender: rdentato@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rdentato@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.172 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rdentato@gmail.com; dkim=pass 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=14dae9340fc98b74d004ba605c58 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / --14dae9340fc98b74d004ba605c58 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sunday, March 4, 2012, Jonathan Jones wrote: >> > I disagree. ko'a - vo'u are Lojban's he, she, and it. Unlike most languages, >> > we get 8 of them, and they're all gender neutral. ko'a-vo'u aren't pointing >> > words, they refer to a specific entity, which may be explicitly made using >> > goi, or implicitly assigned from context. >> >> I disagree here. While I'm a great support of "meaning by context", on >> his own {ko'a} has no meaning and can't be used the same way the third >> person is used in English and other languages. > > You give no reasons for why you think that, so I have nothing to say on this other than that I don't share your belief. The reason is CLL 7.5 (or at least the way I read it). I thought it was not contentious that the KOhA series had not "obvious value" -- 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. 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On Sunday, March 4, 2012, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:

>> > I disa= gree. ko'a - vo'u are Lojban's he, she, and it. Unlike most lan= guages,
>> > we get 8 of them, and they're all gender neutral. ko'= a-vo'u aren't pointing
>> > words, they refer to a spec= ific entity, which may be explicitly made using
>> > goi, or im= plicitly assigned from context.
>>
>> I disagree here. While I'm a great support of &quo= t;meaning by context", on
>> his own {ko'a} has no meanin= g and can't be used the same way the third
>> person is used i= n English and other languages.
>
> You give no reasons for why you think that, so I have nothing = to say on this other than that I don't share your belief.

The re= ason is CLL 7.5 (or at least the way I read it). I thought it was not conte= ntious that the KOhA series had not "obvious value"

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