From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Sep 08 12:38:40 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:38:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ml6WW-0004r8-4k for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:38:40 -0700 Received: from mail-ew0-f216.google.com ([209.85.219.216]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ml6WT-0004qz-3k for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:38:40 -0700 Received: by ewy12 with SMTP id 12so4185066ewy.0 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:38:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=x792fjbt8319AA7kUdHd/BxQyiq6DEKf2dkxY0tYPTo=; b=okygyGJ1u1X7vP3eNPhCoaCZuChNYjXZ6PNf5fRr5LBboJKytyiFCmFu1dluxgX/w5 kGKanjGjVsjDZaa8pGPgHk/s5cEavPTGrzgfblDvachp5HtgfBzpLwwzg71GuOm8dtSK crGrvwysiF/bMoLY4Yrn3RyltOEgzW492WliA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=CgjtjllaF3/SQqJE4ftmwrDuTEDtU9VmtXHnB1X4cJ1SJD3eR2eqm8Kb67n97fWH3W l/0SVvN0dlh4AmeVIUo1+GYAoBO10aU5N2O5yOpZjKduwEP1IZ8rN1/5ZkXp1n1ku9uX ite7x/AAqsnhNOEanyaWEJkXgWYD43LMzdfYc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.211.145.11 with SMTP id x11mr9011248ebn.74.1252438710798; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:38:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200909080827.14128.phma@phma.optus.nu> References: <9ada8ecd0909051425t78a046f3kddef2869e5c8e7a2@mail.gmail.com> <9ada8ecd0909080221h297baa5eqb5eba2ad6ac1d5d5@mail.gmail.com> <200909080827.14128.phma@phma.optus.nu> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 22:38:30 +0300 Message-ID: <9ada8ecd0909081238j2649ee89g28c6b34c72d82b18@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban] Re: xorlo From: Squark Rabinovich To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00504502c88175c9f80473161c09 X-archive-position: 16109 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: top.squark@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --00504502c88175c9f80473161c09 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > The main advantage to xorlo in ordinary speech is that now we can say "I > need > a doctor" ("mi nitcu lo mikce") without implying that such a doctor exists > or > that there is a particular doctor (though I don't have a particular doctor > in > mind) that I need. This is strange. Then, *lo mikce cu tavla* doesn't mean that a doctor exists which is speaking. Does it mean anything at all?! --00504502c88175c9f80473161c09 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:27 PM,= Pierre Abbat <p= hma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
The main advantage to xorlo in ordinary speech is that now we can say "= ;I need
a doctor" ("mi nitcu lo mikce") without implying that such a= doctor exists or
that there is a particular doctor (though I don't have a particular doc= tor in
mind) that I need.

This is strange. Then, <= i>lo mikce cu tavla=A0doesn't mean that a doctor exists which is sp= eaking. Does it mean anything at all?!=A0
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