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 IAA06686 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 08:51:38 -0500 Message-Id: <199511251351.IAA06686@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 4805620F ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 9:38:47 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 08:37:58 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: sei X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Sat Nov 25 08:51:40 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Jorge: >In any case, what do you think of {le voksa cu cusku sei krefu sei krefu >lu li'o li'u} for "the voice said over and over again and again ..." >Would that be an appropriate use for an "indicator"? That is not how I would interpret the text. More like The voice SAID said said (kind of like and echoing) or perhaps The voice said (I say again) (And AGAIN). A little hard to decide which given no context. Metalinguistic means (to me) that the utterance or portion thereof which is marked is an explicit or implied place in the sei-tagged selbri. lojbab