From sentto-44114-3016-960759999-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Sun Jun 11 21:44:10 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 15172 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2000 21:44:09 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 11 Jun 2000 21:44:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 15721 invoked by uid 40001); 11 Jun 2000 21:46:42 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 15718 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2000 21:46:42 -0000 Received: from hi.egroups.com (208.50.144.89) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 11 Jun 2000 21:46:42 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-3016-960759999-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.35] by hi.egroups.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2000 21:46:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 2666 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2000 21:46:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 11 Jun 2000 21:46:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.34) by mta2 with SMTP; 11 Jun 2000 21:46:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 88407 invoked by uid 0); 11 Jun 2000 21:46:37 -0000 Message-ID: <20000611214637.88406.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 200.42.155.104 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 14:46:37 PDT X-Originating-IP: [200.42.155.104] To: lojban@egroups.com From: "Jorge Llambias" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@egroups.com; contact lojban-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 14:46:37 PDT Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban can help? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit la pycyn cusku di'e > <<>But the point is that lb > >can say this very easily. > > Yes, almost as easily as English... :) >> > >But with the advantage that the person is inherent in the predicate, not an >add-on, which the original author, at least, thought was a problem. I'm not sure it really is an advantage. For those not of the subjectivist persuasion it may be preferrable that the language make it a bit more awkward to express "nonsense". For the Sapir-Whorfians this might be a good test: does learning Lojban turn you into a subjectivist? co'o mi'e xorxes ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WRITERS WANTED! Themestream allows ALL writers to publish their articles on the Web, reach thousands of interested readers, and get paid in cash for their work. Click below: http://click.egroups.com/1/3840/3/_/17627/_/960759973/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com