From sentto-44114-17033-1036712778-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Thu Nov 07 17:25:13 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 07 Nov 2002 17:25:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.77]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 189xtW-0003nn-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 17:25:10 -0800 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-17033-1036712778-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.199] by n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Nov 2002 23:46:19 -0000 X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 7 Nov 2002 23:46:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 56304 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2002 23:46:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Nov 2002 23:46:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.225) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2002 23:46:18 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:46:18 -0800 Received: from 200.69.6.25 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 23:46:17 GMT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2002 23:46:18.0258 (UTC) FILETIME=[DE10DF20:01C286B7] From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Originating-IP: [200.69.6.25] X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 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: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 23:46:17 +0000 Subject: [lojban] Re: importing ro Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 2516 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list la and cusku di'e > > I once offered a salomonic compromise: leave the importingness > > of ro/no/su'o/me'i[ro] ambiguous, and use roma'u/noma'u/su'oma'u > > /me'ima'u for the importing quantifiers and roni'u/noni'u/ > > su'oni'u/me'ini'u for the non-importing ones when you want > > to emphasize the distinction. This means that everyone gets to > > use their favourite importingness unmarked, and whenever there > > is a possibility of confusion (hardly ever) there is always > > the possibility of being precise either way > >Do ma'u and ni'u here have the status of mere diacritics, >serving to distinguish the two kinds of ro? Yes. >I think it's better to go with ro & ro'o'o, to spare everyone >who wants to be precise the effort of having to add the ni'u >or the ma'u. Well, I would certainly prefer that, as long as ro is the one without import. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home with Ease! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/jd3IAA/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/