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From: John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [lojban] Re: .aunai and .a'unai
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--- Zefram <zefram@fysh.org> wrote:
> John E Clifford wrote:
> >there is no middle ground: I am interested or
> >not.
> 
> I disagree.  There's a middle ground.  {a'u}
> means I particularly wish
> to learn more about the subject.  {a'unai}
> means I particularly wish
> to not learn more about the subject.  {a'ucu'i}
> means I have no strong
> feeling about it: I don't care whether I learn
> more about it.

A good idea for the meaning of {a'u}, but it's
not "interested," which was the point I meant to make.