X-Digest-Num: 113 Message-ID: <44114.113.624.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 13:48:15 -0400 From: John Cowan Subject: Re: di'e preti zo nu X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 624 Content-Length: 1080 Lines: 27 Robin Turner wrote: > I also find {lo'e} and {le'e} a bit confusing. {lo'e} is described in the cmavo > list as "the typical one(s) that really is (are) ..." which implies that we have > a (subjective) judgement of typicality on top of on objective classification. Actually no. There are plenty of typical attributes that are not subjective: i.e. the typical lion lives in Africa, the typical person has two eyes and one nose, the typical Greek has dark hair, the typical bird flies, etc. etc. etc. > {le'e} is "the stereotype of those described as ..." which implies an objective > stereotypicality (since one person cannot create a stereotype) on top of a > subjective classification. Confusing indeed. "Stereotype" is acknowledged to be a poor term. It really means "IMHO-typical", and is tied to individual opinion as "le" is. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)