Return-Path: <@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from kantti.helsinki.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0svDqn-0000ZOC; Wed, 20 Sep 95 04:21 EET DST Received: from fiport.funet.fi (fiport.funet.fi [128.214.109.150]) by kantti.helsinki.fi (8.6.12+Emil1.1/8.6.5) with ESMTP id EAA28980 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 1995 04:21:25 +0300 Received: from CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (MAILER@CUNYVMV2) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V5.0-3 #2494) id <01HVHIA619LS000QFH@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> for veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI; Wed, 20 Sep 1995 04:22:22 +0200 (EET) Received: from CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@CUNYVM) by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2999; Tue, 19 Sep 1995 21:20:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 21:19:08 -0400 (EDT) From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: Attitudes and vocatives (was: Lojban recordings) Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Message-id: <01HVHIA66NMQ000QFH@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 660 Lines: 20 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