Return-Path: Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.21.1 #21.19) id ; Tue, 16 Jun 92 20:26 EDT Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore 2/8/91) id AA26742; Tue, 16 Jun 92 17:59:04 EDT Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA16509; Tue, 16 Jun 92 17:23:03 -0400 Message-Id: <9206162123.AA16509@relay1.UU.NET> Received: from PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU by pucc.Princeton.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3405; Tue, 16 Jun 92 17:21:37 EDT Received: by PUCC (Mailer R2.08 ptf027) id 9730; Tue, 16 Jun 92 17:16:47 EDT Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 09:18:05 GMT+1200 Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!otago.ac.nz!chandley Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Handley Subject: Re: Chinese-type Questions in Lojban X-To: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann Status: RO X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Tue Jun 16 20:26:57 1992 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!CUVMB.BITNET!LOJBAN John Cowan: >Well, in Lojban we can say: > > do klama gi'i na klama you go [connective ?] not go > >which literally asks "Which logical connective, inserted between the >propositions 'You go' and 'You don't go', makes the resultant proposition >true?" Acceptable answers are: > > nagi'e Not 1st but 2nd. I go. > Eh?! > gi'enai 1st but not second. I don't go. > Eh?!! > gi'onai 1st or 2nd but not both Maybe yes, maybe no. > I'll buy this one Chris Handley chandley@otago.ac.nz Dept of Computer Science Ph (+64) 3-479-8499 University of Otago Fax (+64) 3-479-8577 Dunedin, NZ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bet you 3 to 1 that fixing that bug will introduce three more"