From sentto-44114-15211-1029978984-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed Aug 21 18:16:58 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:16:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.85]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17hgal-0006de-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:16:55 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-15211-1029978984-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.197] by n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Aug 2002 01:16:24 -0000 X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 22 Aug 2002 01:16:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 32885 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2002 01:16:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Aug 2002 01:16:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (208.150.110.21) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Aug 2002 01:16:23 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id A68883C485; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:16:22 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: In-Reply-To: X-Spamtrap: fesmri@ixazon.dynip.com Message-Id: <0208212116190K.01574@neofelis> From: Pierre Abbat MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:16:19 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] The number of dogs. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 741 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Wednesday 21 August 2002 19:56, Jorge Llambias wrote: > I can't say for sure what {li mo'e le gerku} means, but > one theory holds that it is the dimensioned number > "all the dogs", like {li mo'e ci gerku} would give the > dimensioned number "3 dogs". "All the dogs" might work > for "the number of dogs", but where would you use it? > Not in a context that asks for a bare number. I think {li mo'e le gerku} is meaningless. {li mo'e pa molro}, on the other hand, sounds like a reasonable thing to call Avogadro's number. As to the number of dogs, I agree with {terkancu}. phma ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/mG3HAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/