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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:08:53 -0800
From: Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@math.bas.bg>
Subject: Re: lojbo cinmo
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Robin Turner wrote:
> {.ie}  _The_ logical language kind of implies that other
> languages are illogical.  Or is that just an illogical
> feature of English articles? ;-)

No, it is ordinary lexical ambiguity.  Merriam-Webster's says
`_logical_ 1 a (1) : of, relating to, involving, or being in
accordance with logic [...]', but there is room for a further
split here: not many languages can be described as relating to
logic (1a(1)a), but that doesn't mean that all the rest are not
in accordance with logic (1a(1)b).

Some languages employ different adjectives here: in Russian,
say, 1a(1)a is _logicheskij_, whilst 1a(1)b is _logichnyj_.

--Ivan