From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Sep 08 12:53:08 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:53:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ml6kV-0005kO-Jr for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:53:07 -0700 Received: from mail-yw0-f189.google.com ([209.85.211.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ml6kP-0005iR-0L for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:53:07 -0700 Received: by ywh27 with SMTP id 27so5731094ywh.2 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:52:54 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=An8iCw9wOuehmAe5bs3iEzfnMghXTZjdfYavELDesxM=; b=g/gsxAw8r+elouBIbSzD7cAt/koi6bKUhwktSVyjTT5ZLKDefBOKGwhNMteqRqlrG2 RoCx47gg7jGvlSyHsq5UawPdaVzOqhrTN+WdEOayHqUliVvKZMzUUMs87LrQWSJ7go39 iJGjyPz+dXD/YpTQ1ywZs87P8VH1EHWNMyIMY= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=xeAIJ9zc8k5jfIWQKL8upSltvDznc60H/152VFW+lBCATvZYKm+z6cE1BDD+tLh2qT 9zPY0kdkUXYHXGH9IZ/xy972Fx2y6EyMPn+1+OIOU6kPTtZJfmozya0Mv3zXjGjemUvz D3D5vc8dzDsFCr8uNFD30kxRn911eT8H1jtQU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.89.2 with SMTP id m2mr3877041ybb.73.1252439573763; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:52:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9ada8ecd0909081246o4780578fv89cffb0bc817fb18@mail.gmail.com> References: <9ada8ecd0909051425t78a046f3kddef2869e5c8e7a2@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560909060746n223ad9c7ic88894c3513a6ea1@mail.gmail.com> <9ada8ecd0909061401n35c37197j6ff4fac5b267fc5e@mail.gmail.com> <9ada8ecd0909061426r95b84efu76464f7327430f6c@mail.gmail.com> <395902.46727.qm@web50406.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <9ada8ecd0909061448p2eaa92ep19569f2b66793b76@mail.gmail.com> <386480.83513.qm@web81304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <9ada8ecd0909071709s5181e5d4r8e7803ac95581ad3@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560909080615r662b6fd5h376e2d330671e32f@mail.gmail.com> <9ada8ecd0909081246o4780578fv89cffb0bc817fb18@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:52:53 -0400 Message-ID: <96f789a60909081252p10df0565q34b095b188464f79@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban] Re: xorlo From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 16111 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mturniansky@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Squark Rabinovich wrote: > 2009/9/8 Jorge Llambías >> >> We do have many names for "lo", it is a word, it is a cmavo, it is a >> gadri, etc, it is not a bunch. The issue of new entities comes about >> when discussing what "lo jubme" for example refers to. My answer is >> that it refers to tables, not to bunches or to a bunch. To refer to >> bunches there are better words, such as "lo gunma", "lo girzu", "lo >> selcmi", etc. Saying that "lo jubme" is "a bunch of tables", or >> anything else besides "tables", only invites confusion, in my opinion > > I fail to see almost any difference between "tables" and "a bunch of > tables". Perhaps the only difference is that "bunch" contains a stronger > implication of something uniting the tables together. In order to remove any > doubts, lets call it a "plurality of tables". > Fellows, I'm afraid we are totally lost here, as far as xorlo is concerned. > Where are the authority people? Where is xorxe himself? > > Jorge Llambias IS xorxe 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.