Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id VAA08020 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 1995 21:49:43 -0400 Message-Id: <199509200149.VAA08020@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id B1747A89 ; Tue, 19 Sep 1995 21:23:57 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 21:19:08 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: Attitudes and vocatives (was: Lojban recordings) X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Tue Sep 19 21:49:48 1995 X-From-Space-Address: <@VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM:LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU> la xorxes joi la djan cusku be di'e casnu > > What if I want to say "I got your offer, let me think about it". Is there > > no way then of acknowledging without commiting one way or the other as to > > acceptance? > How about "je'e.iecu'i"? Yes, but then {je'e} by itself doesn't entail acceptance of an offer. That would be {je'e.ie}. > Your definition of "blame" seems too broad: surely there is an element > of condemnation in it. Yes, I meant that blame is more than disapproval. It is disapproval+assignment of responsability. It is possible to assign responsability with approval as well, although I don't know how to do that in Lojban. Jorge