From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Sat Mar 6 22:45:22 2010 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list Date: Thu Dec 21 14:28:18 1995 From: ucleaar Subject: Re: TECH HARANGUE: LE/LO X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Thu Dec 21 14:28:18 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Message-ID: > > If you & John agree that the > > identity of the referent of {le} shd always be known to the speaker, > > then I guess we can use John's old method (something about Orwat being > > a spy? - it had to do with spies, anyway): > > da zou koa krici leduu da brode (gie da broda) > Ortcutt, Bernard J. Ortcutt, a pillar of the community, of whom our hero > Ralph is glad to assert "Ortcutt is no spy". The man Ralph has seen > sneaking around the defense plant, OTOH, Ralph does believe to be a spy. > Unbeknownst to Ralph, these men are one and the same. So: > Ralph believes that Ortcutt is a spy (transparent) da poi kea me la ortcutt zou la ralf krici kuau da mipzga > and > Ralph believes that Ortcutt is no spy (opaque) la ralf krici kuau da poi kea me la ortcutt zou da mipzga --- And