Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA20616 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 12 Dec 1994 19:48:08 -0500 Message-Id: <199412130048.AA20616@nfs1.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7366; Mon, 12 Dec 94 19:47:44 EST Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3944; Mon, 12 Dec 1994 19:10:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 19:13:55 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: jei X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Bob LeChevalier Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Mon Dec 12 19:48:15 1994 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu > Nora would probably disagree, and she invented kau if I recall. She even > considers calling them "indirect questions" to be malglico, and preferred > to use null/netral values like"dakau"instead of "makau" I would have to > dig to find out, but I think she had examples where she thought thinking of > these things as a form of 'question' was misleading as to their nature. I'd be very interested to see those examples. > You on the other hand seem to feel that indirection always implies a question. > No easy way to settle it. So lets just agree to disagree until we can find > an example where each other's understandings do not work. What is your understanding? All you've said is that you don't like to call them indirect questions, how can I find an example where that doesn't work? Jorge