Received: from mail-fa0-f61.google.com ([209.85.161.61]:52474) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SNoZD-0003y6-7h; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:03:03 -0700 Received: by faaa5 with SMTP id a5sf595908faa.16 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:39 -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:from :date:message-id:subject: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=kvFoyhZe7jKGvKxUXCe7ufxKJqUwMbJWf9jD68tVQTI=; b=L0IgcXFHCKK03cS4ISSi/9P0wpWboLOq9bLi3WNDLjoWuPF5GLvqFjn5IowF9DrWvM veUJmEfeUG/otPLaC2yFopneEbncjl+U4jnkPZn06KtdcOQxUBbtPtKXaykrjZwbc3Td /a0JD+pJ2OwjQZscgr1EW3k3kmFTf5tsDzObA= Received: by 10.205.133.193 with SMTP id hz1mr194704bkc.25.1335546159229; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:39 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.157.16 with SMTP id z16ls535081bkw.9.gmail; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.205.131.16 with SMTP id ho16mr1373667bkc.3.1335546155619; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.205.131.16 with SMTP id ho16mr1373665bkc.3.1335546155595; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hy18si1400936bkc.2.2012.04.27.10.02.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:35 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.53 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.53; Received: by mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com with SMTP id c1so710819lah.26 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.8.5 with SMTP id n5mr5834220lba.48.1335546155305; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.48.99 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20120418203025.GV24715@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <20120424182759.GN24715@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <16768295.1489.1335316403850.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbdx11> <20120425011536.GP24715@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <17809463.979.1335316691327.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbmi19> <20120425013738.GR24715@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> From: MorphemeAddict Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:02:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: {zdile} is confusingly glossed (was Re: [lojban] Baby word: silly) To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: lytlesw@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.53 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lytlesw@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=90e6ba30952a2b0a4004beac12f3 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --90e6ba30952a2b0a4004beac12f3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Craig Daniel wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:54 PM, MorphemeAddict > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:59 AM, tijlan wrote: > >> > >> On 25 April 2012 02:37, Robin Lee Powell > >> wrote: > >> > {bilga} is "I agreed to do Y". > >> > >> An obligation can occur or be presumed without agreement from the > >> expected agent. A court judge, for example, can rule that koha shall > >> spend 10 years in prison regardless of koha's agreement. A prison > >> break happens during a servitude: {mi cliva ca lo nu bilga lo nu to'e > >> cliva}. > > > > > > I'm not sure a prison sentence can be counted as an obligation unless it > > really is agreed to. > > > > I imagine that depends in part on how you feel about 18th-century > attitudes toward social contracts, which probably should not be > encoded one way or the other into language design. > > I think it has more to do with the definition of "obligated". And yes, how one feels about 18th-century attitudes toward social contracts should not be encoded into language design. stevo > -- > 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. --90e6ba30952a2b0a4004beac12f3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Fri, Apr 2= 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Craig Daniel <craigbdaniel@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12= :54 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gma= il.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:59 AM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 25 April 2012 02:37, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>
>> wrote:
>> > {bilga} is "I agreed to do Y".
>>
>> An obligation can occur or be presumed without agreement from the<= br> >> expected agent. A court judge, for example, can rule that koha sha= ll
>> spend 10 years in prison regardless of koha's agreement. A pri= son
>> break happens during a servitude: {mi cliva ca lo nu bilga lo nu t= o'e
>> cliva}.
>
>
> I'm not sure a prison sentence can be counted as an obligation unl= ess it
> really is agreed to.
>

I imagine that depends in part on how you feel about 18th-century
attitudes toward social contracts, which probably should not be
encoded one way or the other into language design.

I= think it has more to do with the definition of "obligated". And = yes, how one feels about 18th-century attitudes toward social contracts sho= uld not be encoded into language design.=A0

stevo=A0
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