From cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN Thu Dec 12 16:29:32 1991 Return-Path: Date: Thu Dec 12 16:29:32 1991 Message-Id: <9112122108.AA09976@relay1.UU.NET> Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: Meaning of 'la' X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann In-Reply-To: <9112120431.AA11767@relay1.UU.NET>; from "Major" at Dec 12, 91 3:28 pm Status: RO la meijr. cusku di'e > If I understand John's answer to my previous query, the word 'la' is > ambigious between "the thing named by the string ..." and "the thing > named by the predicate ...". IE: > > la lojbab > > could mean the thing named by the sound 'lohzbahb' (presumably a sound > borrowed from another language) or the thing named "logical soap". No, because "lojbab" is not a legal predicate for "logical soap". Predicates all end in vowels: "logical soap" has to be "lojzbabu" or the like. -- cowan@snark.thyrsus.com ...!uunet!cbmvax!snark!cowan e'osai ko sarji la lojban