Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:02:03 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199710222002.PAA18094@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Organization: Lojban Peripheral Subject: Re: abstractors X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 575 X-From-Space-Date: Wed Oct 22 15:02:18 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU la .and. cusku di'e > It always helps to remember that li`i was invented (before my > time) for a legless amputee who experienced having toes. This > in fact helps me to answer my own question: I would see li`i > as a counterpart of nu, that differs from nu in that nu is > the real world while li`i is the world of an individual's (x2 > of li`i) experience. Just as nu has no ce`u, then,, nor would > li'i. An excellent analysis, which I endorse. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban