From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Fri Feb 28 10:08:31 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:08:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18oovI-0003Es-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:07:52 -0800 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:07:51 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) Message-ID: <20030228180751.GQ17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030228023314.GA26219@allusion.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 4227 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:39:07PM -0500, Craig wrote: > >No. What follows is that "there isn't a specific thing you need" > >with that usage. That doesn't make it Any. > > If "mi nitcu lo mikce" means that I need a doctor, but that there is > no specific doctor that I need, It means no such thing. It means that there is something you need that is definately at least one doctor. You haven't defined your paramaters beyond that, but that doesn't mean the don't exist. A proctologist will be of very little help with your cataracts. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi