Return-Path: Message-Id: <9204041627.AA27947@relay1.UU.NET> Date: Sat Apr 4 12:03:25 1992 Reply-To: CJ FINE Sender: Lojban list From: CJ FINE Subject: Re: Nick's joke X-To: shoulson@CTR.COLUMBIA.edu X-Cc: Lojban list To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann In-Reply-To: ; from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Apr 3, 92 11:25 am Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Sat Apr 4 12:03:25 1992 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN Mark to Nick: > > > I'm very proud to say that I got the joke without looking at a single word > list even *once*. go'ira'o (ditto) > > ru'azo'o loire jvixi'a casnu vi lo xalgusta > > {loire} implies that there are *only* two racehorses in the world, doesn't > it? Like {lo ci remna} where {ci [lo ro] remna} would be better? Probably > just use {leire} or something. Could you use {re jvixi'a}, or do you > really need the "mass"? I think you're right. I didn't pick up the implication of "loire" (though I posted something on that very subject last night - I haven't received it back from the list yet, I wonder if it got through?), but I did wonder why the massification. > Oh, and you need a {cu} before {casnu}. I noticed this too, but actually he doesn't *need* a "cu". Without it, it's a pair of sumti: two racehorse discussers; in a bar which is grammatical and makes sense. > Colin