Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qSZxk-000023C; Tue, 26 Jul 94 03:01 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 4648; Tue, 26 Jul 94 03:00:17 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 4646; Tue, 26 Jul 1994 03:00:17 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2869; Tue, 26 Jul 1994 01:59:26 +0200 Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 20:03:05 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: To be or not to be? Coffee or tea? X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 871 Lines: 23 la djan spusku di'e mi > > do djica tu'a loi ckafi ji loi tcati > > > > Now, suppose I want to respond "either". If I say {.a}, I'm only > > saying that I want at least one of them, but I'm not saying which. > > How do I say that I want either? I would say {du'ibo}, but that's > > not grammatical yet. > > I don't understand the distinction you are making here. If you wish to > avoid the possibility of getting both, use ".onai". No, that was not my point. If I want coffee, and I respond {.a}, I'm telling the truth, even if I don't want tea. How is the one making the question supposed to understand that I really don't have a preference of one over the other? "I want either" is true. "I want coffee or I want tea" is not what I mean, because neither of the two possibilities is strictly true. * mi djica tu'a loi ckafi du'ibo loi tcati Jorge