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 m0r5isU-00005XC; Fri, 11 Nov 94 01:26 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2106; Fri, 11 Nov 94 01:26:14 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 2101; Fri, 11 Nov 1994 01:26:13 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9899; Fri, 11 Nov 1994 00:23:02 +0100 Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 18:01:57 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: "re lo'e broda" is semantically bogus X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 486 Lines: 10 A note: "re lo'e nanmu" doesn't mean "two typical men", it means "two instances of the abstraction called 'the typical man'" and is semantically unsound, since there is only one such objective abstraction. (If it isn't objective, then "le'e" is wanted, and "re le'e nanmu" is fine.) The semantic unsoundness is similar to that of "re li vo", "two number fours". -- John Cowan sharing account for now e'osai ko sarji la lojban.