From xod@thestonecutters.net Thu Mar 25 09:39:31 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:39:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from thestonecutters.net ([63.251.19.112] helo=chert.thestonecutters.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6YpB-0002sL-8V for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:39:25 -0800 Received: from thestonecutters.net (p78-77.acedsl.com [66.114.78.77]) by chert.thestonecutters.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94E7D148009 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:35:48 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <40631949.1090007@thestonecutters.net> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:39:21 -0500 From: xod User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: reply to a negated selbri (compared to French) References: <20040325140032.82828.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> <7C1651BC-7E6D-11D8-99E6-003065E00134@free.fr> In-Reply-To: <7C1651BC-7E6D-11D8-99E6-003065E00134@free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-archive-position: 7332 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list jexOm. wrote: >>> What are the Spanish conventions for replying to a negative question? >> >> >> Pretty much like English, I think. > In spoken English, tone of voice carries more meaning than the actual word selected. -- "The war was supposed to be quick. We were supposed to be greeted as liberators. It was to pay for itself with oil revenues. And we were supposed to find chemical and biological weapons." Col. Sam Gardiner USAF-retired, National Defense University