From @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Mon Feb 22 18:04:53 1993 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Mon, 22 Feb 1993 23:02:42 -0500 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6244; Mon, 22 Feb 93 23:02:18 EST Received: from CUVMB.BITNET by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 9298; Mon, 22 Feb 93 23:04:57 EST Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 23:04:53 -0500 Reply-To: Chris Handley Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Handley Subject: Re: Final Gismu Place Structure Review -- Please Comment X-To: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: OR Message-ID: >>25. taxfu: >> >>{taxfu} and {se dasni} are now extremely close. I suggest removing the x2 >>of {taxfu} (the wearer), leaving: >> >> x1 is a garment for purpose x2 > >Just one note on all these, before I really pore over them. I think what >would be better for {taxfu} would be to replace the x2 with the body-part >(or whatever) that it's worn on, rather than the wearer. It's a very >important quality of garments that they're worn on particular body-parts. >This enables new or otherwise uncommon garments to be expressed simply, >e.g. "knee pad" becomes "cidni taxfu". > I agree, the wearer is usually unimportant. However the purpose/function is vital, as it is it appears to me that a bikini, a wedding dress and a suit of armour (armor to USAns) are all subsumed under the same gismu. ====================================================================== 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 ______________________________________________________________________ The light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off to conserve power.