From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Sat Mar 6 22:46:04 2010 Reply-To: "Peter L. Schuerman" Sender: Lojban list Date: Mon Dec 4 15:29:25 1995 From: "Peter L. Schuerman" Subject: Re: and fuzzy roses X-To: "Steven M. Belknap" X-cc: Lojban List To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Mon Dec 4 15:29:25 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Message-ID: On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Steven M. Belknap wrote: > No, thats not quite right. Here's another try: > > leti rozgu pafi'uci xoi melbi leta rozgu fo le mi'o ckilu > This rose is fuzzily 1/3 more beautiful than that rose on our scale. > > leta rozgu pafi'uci xoi melbi letu tujli le ka sumne kei le mi'o ckilu > that rose is fuzzily 1/3 more pleasant than yonder tulip in odor on our scale. How would one express "that rose is fuzzily 1/pi more pleasant than yonder tulip"? Or "this rose has the fuzzy-odor-pleasantry-value of the cosine of that rose, expressed in radians"? Or even "this rose is fuzzily more beautiful than that rose by the amount of the circumference of a circle defined by the radius of the second rose"? I think these would be valuable expression is *any* language. Peter Schuerman plschuerman@ucdavis.edu Co-editor, SPECTRA Online for back issues: http://www.well.com/user/phandaal/