Return-Path: (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA06096; Thu, 22 Aug 91 21:55:32 -0400 (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AB02375; Thu, 22 Aug 91 17:59:33 -0400 Return-Path: id ; Thu, 22 Aug 91 17:55:55 EDT Message-Id: <9108222155.AA00322@dino> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 91 17:55:55 EDT From: cbmvax!uunet!dino.ulowell.edu!gryphon (Coranth) To: lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com Subject: Re: Kennaway on speaker's intent Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Fri Aug 23 00:08:58 1991 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!dsinc.dsi.com!dsinc.dsi.com!dino.ulowell.edu!gryphon coi. rodo. Written by (pro-angmar!steffan@alfalfa.com) Steven Mesnick : > It's as though I prefixed an implied "Do what I > really want you to do when I ask the following question:", sort of a Do > What I Mean command. So the answer, in a logical language, to the question > "Do you have the time" is "Yes, I do" or "No I don't". The answer to "DWIM: > Do you have the time?" That would make a neat member of lexeme UI, the "DWIM" attitudinal. co'orodo. mi'e korant.