Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:54:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199710240154.UAA29231@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: HACKER G N Sender: Lojban list From: HACKER G N Subject: Re: a challenge! To: Lojban List In-Reply-To: <0EII00CDHIJYW3@newcastle.edu.au> X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 667 X-From-Space-Date: Thu Oct 23 20:54:46 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU On Thu, 23 Oct 1997 bob@MEGALITH.RATTLESNAKE.COM wrote: > Not long ago: > > Bob saw mountains flying over Vermont. > > This is true in at least two interpretation: I was flying my airplane > at an altitude of about 1 km and I saw actual mirages of actual > mountains. (A fairly rare sight in the North East -- I reported it to > a delighted weather man.) I also saw actual mountains on the ground, > as they are supposed to be. > > The challenge: state both interpretations in one Lojban utterance. Be > sure to indicate the appropriate veridical natures of things. la bab noi ca vofli ga'u la vrMANT pu viska lo cmana voi vofli ga'u la vrMANT Easy. Geoff