From xod@thestonecutters.net Tue May 18 14:29:47 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 18 May 2004 14:29:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thestonecutters.net ([63.251.19.112] helo=chert.thestonecutters.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BQC9Z-0001m6-EM for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 18 May 2004 14:29:37 -0700 Received: from thestonecutters.net (p78-77.acedsl.com [66.114.78.77]) by chert.thestonecutters.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA3714800A for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 17:18:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40AA803E.9030802@thestonecutters.net> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:29:34 -0400 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: "Do you speak Lojban?" References: <20040518200547.39167.qmail@web40411.mail.yahoo.com> <20040518205448.GB12891@fysh.org> <20040518210322.GN6978@chain.digitalkingdom.org> In-Reply-To: <20040518210322.GN6978@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-archive-position: 7908 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 Robin Lee Powell wrote: >On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 09:54:48PM +0100, Zefram wrote: > > >>I'd favour {xu do cusku bau la lojban} or {xu do tavla fo la lojban}, >>depending on context. >> >> > >I don't like either of those, because they are asking about actuality >and not capability (at least by default). They'd both be fine with >ka'e, though. > >-Robin > > > ro prenu ka'e selbau la .lojban. .i lo'i ca'a selbau cu cinri -- When you take the PILS(tm) that "BOB" sends you, everything seems to fall right into place as if by magic! Your Pink Human boss, date or teacher will be bound instantly under your THRALL... every customer will buy your sales pitch ... every cop will look the other way. MORE THEM KIND PILS, "BOB"!