From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Sat Jul 30 03:58:22 1994
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Date: Sat Jul 30 03:58:22 1994
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From: ucleaar <ucleaar@ucl.ac.uk>
Subject:      current cmene project
To:         lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu
Status: RO

As I understand things, "la beidjin" (for example) refers to something
named by the form "beidjin" (where the namer is the speaker). It would
seem to me that if we want a word for (in this case) the capital of
the Republic of China, we want something that instead means "x such
that x is Beijing", *NOT* "x such that I am calling x 'beidjin'". If
this is right, then Lojban Central should be seeking fuhivla, not
cmene, for the various states of the USA, etc.

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