From graywyvern@hotmail.com Sat Jun 09 18:11:48 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: graywyvern@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 10 Jun 2001 01:11:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 77751 invoked from network); 10 Jun 2001 01:11:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 10 Jun 2001 01:11:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.237.233) by mta2 with SMTP; 10 Jun 2001 01:11:47 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 9 Jun 2001 18:11:47 -0700 Received: from 65.67.96.113 by lw7fd.law7.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:11:47 GMT X-Originating-IP: [65.67.96.113] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: [lojban] Strange question Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:11:47 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jun 2001 01:11:47.0744 (UTC) FILETIME=[52535200:01C0F14A] From: "michael helsem" X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 7718 >From: "Craig" li'o basically you can only translate what you THINK it means... lojban does have the advantage of being capable of great vagueness, e.g. LE CNITA CU SIMSA LE GAPRU doesn't specify what's "above" or "below" what (but the difference is, in lojban there has to be something, unless you specify ZI'O). _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com