Return-Path: <@SEGATE.SUNET.SE:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0sPXnA-0000YqC; Sat, 24 Jun 95 19:10 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 1FF539B3 ; Sat, 24 Jun 1995 17:55:15 +0200 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: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 1142 Lines: 31 >> <- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >> 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