Message-Id: <199407300758.AA04531@nfs1.digex.net> Reply-To: ucleaar Date: Sat Jul 30 03:58:22 1994 Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: current cmene project X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Bob LeChevalier Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Sat Jul 30 03:58:22 1994 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU 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. ---- And