From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jan 11 11:56:15 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:56:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CoS7c-0005FU-F4 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:56:08 -0800 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:56:08 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Holiday Present from the BPFK: The gadri Proposal Has Been Completed Message-ID: <20050111195608.GM4261@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050107012257.2818.qmail@web41902.mail.yahoo.com> <00a001c4f4f2$8ac75a00$42e1fea9@oemcomputer> <20050111190105.GC17368@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050111190105.GC17368@mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 9232 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 Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 02:01:05PM -0500, Rob Speer wrote: > And where does the idea that {loi vo nanmu} has one referent come > from? Is that the "Mr. Rabbit" (or "Mr. Man" in this case) concept > that I've never believed in? No, it's distributivity. {loi vo nanmu cu bevri lo pipno} means, unequivocably, that they carry it together, i.e. that they are a group for purposes of the bridi, not four independent men. That group is the one referent. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/