Received: from mail-fa0-f61.google.com ([209.85.161.61]:49354) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SbMVC-0000vF-Vd; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:41 -0700 Received: by faaa5 with SMTP id a5sf2338394faa.16 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:31 -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: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=JgSxfW0zxIkSwEimm81+iEx5JNCp35kDhM5h3sddyrk=; b=fbC8ihsxgNXL8Egfx00iv2qJyt6Abq8p3Fu0NE2dAxCwMT5NYhcvkeYoTOXNbWLZ29 QHawuvFcG9xmujDUnr4YcqGI5L0MMsbWbD5KBjv+6Mxecln4SnJjwLlTcJnGO/LjR298 3TTOZtb4j5z/pLz4DK63o+A3vnicthmtHIphM= Received: by 10.204.154.141 with SMTP id o13mr363461bkw.25.1338774871338; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:31 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.8.149 with SMTP id h21ls3631975bkh.3.gmail; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.141.4 with SMTP id k4mr1661528bku.6.1338774869641; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.141.4 with SMTP id k4mr1661527bku.6.1338774869618; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com (mail-lb0-f178.google.com [209.85.217.178]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id iv15si8097926bkc.0.2012.06.03.18.54.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:29 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.217.178 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.217.178; Received: by lbbgj10 with SMTP id gj10so3637640lbb.37 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.108.178 with SMTP id hl18mr10680728lab.11.1338774869175; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:54:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.46.36 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 18:54:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20120603195142.GF8656@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 19:54:29 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] What is the x3 of tubnu? From: Jonathan Jones To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: eyeonus@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.217.178 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=eyeonus@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=bcaec54c513a82ef9004c19bd0f4 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --bcaec54c513a82ef9004c19bd0f4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Ah, yes. I must have glossed over the x2 bit. I thought it was something else. In that case, I would suppose that the x3 is what is currently occupying the hollow region of the tube, such as water in plumbing, similar to the x2 of botpi. Further, I would guess that the reason for the awkwardness of its phrasing is due to the uncommonness of the concept attempting to be expressed in English. On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Craig Daniel wrote: > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote: > > I think it's missing a comma: "... hollow, of material x3". > > I disagree, since that makes x2=x3. > > I suspect it's intended to be a place that is never filled but allows > you to describe what has been bored out as lo te tubnu, but this > doesn't actually seem like an especially useful thing to have done so > perhaps it is something subtler that I'm not seeing. > > - mi'e .kreig. > > -- > 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! 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On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Craig Daniel= <craigbdaniel@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it's missing a comma: "... hollow, of material x3&quo= t;.

I disagree, since that makes x2=3Dx3.

I suspect it's intended to be a place that is never filled but allows you to describe what has been bored out as lo te tubnu, but this
doesn't actually seem like an especially useful thing to have done so perhaps it is something subtler that I'm not seeing.

=A0- mi'e .kreig.

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