From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Thu Dec 22 15:40:05 1994 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs2.digex.net with SMTP id AA11550 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Thu, 22 Dec 1994 15:40:01 -0500 Message-Id: <199412222040.AA11550@nfs2.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1078; Thu, 22 Dec 94 15:35:02 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2969; Thu, 22 Dec 1994 15:08:23 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 20:10:30 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: ago To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu In-Reply-To: (Your message of Wed, 21 Dec 94 22:41:21 PST.) Status: RO Djer: > On the wordiness question, dare I mention yet another experimental > cmavo? Would a word for "ago" really rent the fabric of lojban? Yes, it would. "Ago" means "before now", as, I think, does "ba" when it has no overt complement. So "ago" = intransitive ba. --- And