From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Dec 29 14:21:10 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:21:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Es68i-0002vu-H1 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:20:52 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Es68i-0002vn-8Y for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:20:52 -0800 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:20:52 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: New to Lojban and a question Message-ID: <20051229222052.GU4222@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050326194416.60028.qmail@web60502.mail.yahoo.com> <537d06d005032705071496f143@mail.gmail.com> <20050327180029.GW10094@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <4246F819.6080209@lojban.org> <20050327200806.GX10094@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <925d175605032715014e381357@mail.gmail.com> <20051229073151.GX5289@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20051229212919.GO4222@chain.digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 10976 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 So far as I can tell, yes, although in fact the x1 of steci is a property, which is less general than srana. Hence the book defines "po" as "poi steci srana" rather than just "poi steci". -Robin On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 05:17:52PM -0500, Matt Arnold wrote: > So {steci} is an exclusive form of {srana}. > -epkat > > > On 12/29/05, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 11:54:10AM -0500, Matt Arnold wrote: > > > I haven't heard this rant before. Why doesn't steci, or some > > > variation thereof, work? > > > > Because "steci" is about "property x1 is specific to x2", not > > "description x1 has a lot of specificity", and I haven't the > > slightest idea how to make the places of steci mean what I want. > > > > -Robin > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org > with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if > you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help. > -- 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/ To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.