From @uga.cc.uga.edu:lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Mon Jun 26 00:24:58 1995 Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA3602 ; Mon, 26 Jun 95 00:24:56 BST Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk via puntmail for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk; Sat, 24 Jun 95 15:56:46 GMT Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by punt2.demon.co.uk id aa24965; 24 Jun 95 16:55 +0100 Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1524; Sat, 24 Jun 95 11:53:52 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9247; Sat, 24 Jun 1995 11:53:40 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 11:54:48 -0400 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: tolmutce X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Iain Alexander Message-ID: <9506241655.aa24965@punt2.demon.co.uk> Status: R >> <- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >> traji na mutce na milxe na | milxe mutce traji >> to'e no'e je'a >> | na'e | > >Why not enrich the scale: > >traji (na) extremely not something >mutce (na) very much not something >milxe (na) somewhat not something >tolmutce (na) very little not something >nutli neutral >tolmutce very little >milxe somewhat >mutce very much >traji extremely > > >> Given that each of these words have particular places on the scale, >> treating each term as its own scale is at best ambiguous. > >I don't see the problem. What else could {tolmutce} be but "very >little of"? Except by context, I would have had no idea in the example where you first raised it. Looking at my diagram, where mutce is somewhere in the non-extreme of one side, I think I would have presumed it to be where "mutce na" is on the diagram. ("nalmutce", of course could mean either "traji" "no'e" or "na") lojbab