Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tE0wy-0000ZTC; Fri, 10 Nov 95 23:25 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id E6A06FF6 ; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 22:25:27 +0100 Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 22:59:51 GMT Reply-To: ia@stryx.demon.co.uk Sender: Lojban list From: Iain Alexander Subject: Re: all the chinese whispers To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Content-Length: 1034 Lines: 31 In message <9511071518.ab02813@punt-4.mail.demon.net> ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK writes: > > > 6. Iain: ... > > > .i mi certu le nu troci lenu jai zdile lo'e prenu poi gasnu da ... > > > 7. Jorge: ... > > I think {sezyxruti} doesn't have an x4 place: "x1 returns themself to x2 > > from x3", but I assumed it was the x3 because it was the closest. Oops - I forgot that the x2 of {xruti} would have vanished. > > I didn't understand the {jai} there. > > Nor me. Baffling. Well, my gimste says the x1 of {zdile} is an event: zdile zdi amusing 'amused' x1 (abstract) is amusing/entertaining to x2 in property/aspect x3; x3 is what amuses x2 about x1 5g 79 [also: x1 occupies x2 pleasantly; x1 is fun for x2; x2 is amused by x1; x2 has fun (at) doing x1; x1 is an amusement/entertainment/[game] for x2]; (cf. cinri, panka, xajmi for 'funny', kelci) so I was just being pedantic zo'o. co'o mi'e .i,n. -- Iain Alexander ia@stryx.demon.co.uk I.Alexander@bra0125.wins.icl.co.uk