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From: "Jorge J. Llambias" <jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR>
Subject:      Re: short joke
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la reneis cusku di'e

>Herman Finkers is a dutch comedian, who once told the following story:
>
>lei remna pujeca na'e .oiro'i nuntirna jimpe fi lemi selcusku
>isemu'ibo mi puki klama le nunbacru ctuca mikce
>i mi cusku <<lu doi mikce lei remna pujeca na'e .oiro'i nuntirna
>jimpe fi lemi selcusku li'u>>
>i <<lu je'a go'i .i je'a go'i li'u>> se cusku ny. i <<lu cabdei ke
>melbi tcima li'u>>

i u'isai

>(Should I use ny. or my. to refer to "nunbacru ctuca mikce"?

I would use my, but I don't remember us having a fixed rule yet.

>And would it be better to use a lujvo here?)

As you like. I prefer the tanru, which is very clear.

(I think you should say {na'e ke nuntirna jimpe}, otherwise {na'e}
only negates the {nuntirna} bit.)

>co'o mi'e reneis

co'o mi'e xorxes