Received: from mail-ob0-f189.google.com ([209.85.214.189]:46564) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SbODd-0001xl-Ad; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:45 -0700 Received: by obbtb18 with SMTP id tb18sf4925263obb.16 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent :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:content-disposition; bh=3oMxBY2hYaz+aOpZIbYyfk8yS8VlMaorGCmkNlMN5P8=; b=Lfu+R5Ygw0sm/CwnV0717p8RBVknG/T8H9oqIGVw/1p1oHlkPtn0MOKDSPjMdGA4II zqnKXSgQL9V79arNfPrW+AfYWiAEObzvBkE5ZyfYzX4aTd1v/rKoBDUZiPJGbdMU9GWe Lcx1awDWNqvME6394oyDgVPecMuNG7Y+eeS9I= Received: by 10.68.233.1 with SMTP id ts1mr1715054pbc.7.1338781470850; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:30 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.229.8 with SMTP id sm8ls12952355pbc.0.gmail; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.191.225 with SMTP id hb1mr9330747pbc.5.1338781470285; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.191.225 with SMTP id hb1mr9330743pbc.5.1338781470275; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from omta02.potomac.co.businessclass.comcast.net (omta02.potomac.co.businessclass.comcast.net. [76.96.107.72]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id ph6si13860703pbc.2.2012.06.03.20.44.29; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 76.96.107.72 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org) client-ip=76.96.107.72; Received: from stodi.digitalkingdom.org ([173.13.139.236]) by omta02.potomac.co.businessclass.comcast.net with bizsmtp id J3kU1j00356Cr6M013kV1i; Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:44:29 +0000 Received: from rlpowell by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SbODU-0001xf-3B for lojban@googlegroups.com; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:44:28 -0700 Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:44:28 -0700 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] What is the x3 of tubnu? Message-ID: <20120604034427.GP8656@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@googlegroups.com References: <20120603195142.GF8656@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>

MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Original-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 76.96.107.72 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org) smtp.mail=rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / That's what would be *useful*, but in that case you'd just say "filled with x3", or perhaps "for being filled with x3". So many wording problems in the gismu list. -_- -Robin On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 07:54:29PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote: > 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! 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. .i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i danfu lu na go'i li'u .e lu go'i li'u .i ji'a go'i lu na'e go'i li'u .e lu go'i na'i li'u .e lu no'e go'i li'u .e lu to'e go'i li'u .e lu lo mamta be do cu sofybakni li'u -- 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.