From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Fri Feb 28 10:27:39 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:27:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18opCs-0003Ua-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:26:02 -0800 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:26:02 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) Message-ID: <20030228182600.GU17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030228103736.P4979-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030228103736.P4979-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 4232 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 Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:38:39AM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > pada also means "any", since it's still not specific about the doctor > that's being asked for. You assert, then, that mi nitcu pa da poi mikce vau le nu cikre le mi kerlo is prima facia invalid lojban? I'd say the burden of proof is on *you* to show that. If "pa da poi mikce" means *any* 1 element drawn from the set of doctors, then that sentence is clearly non-sensical, since many doctors know nothing about ear problems. -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