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 m0qmS08-00005LC; Sun, 18 Sep 94 22:34 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2690; Sun, 18 Sep 94 22:32:49 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 2688; Sun, 18 Sep 1994 22:32:49 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6506; Sun, 18 Sep 1994 21:31:38 +0200 Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1994 13:20:11 -0600 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: TECH: RE: do djica loi ckafi je'i tcati X-To: lojban@cuvmb.bitnet To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 729 Lines: 20 >"lo tanxe" is NOT the same thing as "da poi tanxe"; likewise Ahhh. Now I see why I was confused. >Not having read Quine (and not being convoinced that I would understand >it if I did - if I had to be a logician to lead this project, I would >resign yesterday %^) I only read the excerpt from Quine that Gerald posted recently; and it's pretty opaque. But the "sloop" sentence seemed like a clearer example than the boxes... Your translations of the "sloop" sentences cleared things up for me; I no longer think we need an "any" word. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Bogart cbogart@quetzal.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~