From jcowan@reutershealth.com Thu Jul 25 13:51:14 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 25 Jul 2002 20:51:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 82301 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2002 20:51:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Jul 2002 20:51:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (204.243.9.98) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2002 20:51:11 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA18673; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 17:01:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200207252101.RAA18673@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:48:58 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] na'ebo To: jjllambias@hotmail.com (Jorge Llambias) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:48:58 -0400 (EDT) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: from "Jorge Llambias" at Jul 25, 2002 12:27:31 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 14750 Jorge Llambias scripsit: > Is a dog {na'ebo lo gerku}, on the grounds that it is other > than some (other) dog? In that case, {lo na'e broda} would > be equivalent to {na'ebo ro broda}. Formally, yes. But na'e always involves a scale of some sort, so a dog would be an unlikely candidate for "na'ebo lo gerku" because dogs are not obviously on a scale, not even a qualitative one. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan 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)