From sentto-44114-15571-1031751979-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed Sep 11 06:46:55 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n37.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.105]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17p7pT-0001z2-00 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:46:51 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-15571-1031751979-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n37.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Sep 2002 13:46:19 -0000 X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 11 Sep 2002 13:46:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 61414 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2002 13:46:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Sep 2002 13:46:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-d05.mx.aol.com) (205.188.157.37) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2002 13:46:18 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-d05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.10.) id r.94.2c444275 (3948) for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:46:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <94.2c444275.2ab0a327@aol.com> To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10509 From: pycyn@aol.com X-Yahoo-Profile: kaliputra MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:46:15 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] tunlo Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_94.2c444275.2ab0a327_boundary" X-archive-position: 1102 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: pycyn@aol.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_94.2c444275.2ab0a327_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/10/2002 8:42:50 PM Central Daylight Time, phma@webjockey.net writes: << > Or likewise {da pu laldo ninmu co tunlo le sfani} (which I'm going to tweak > as I found some sort-of-rhyming words for the animals). >> Understandable is not the same thing as grammatically or semantically correct. We can get away with it -- indeed we do all the time: something like 30% of all utterances are ungrammatical -- in college lectures, yet. But I thought the point here was to learn the language, not to keep hitting in its general area. Once we are fluent we can get sloppy, untilk then it seems a good idea to get it right. --part1_94.2c444275.2ab0a327_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/10/2002 8:42:50 PM Central Daylight Time, phma@webjockey.net writes:

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Or likewise {da pu laldo ninmu co tunlo le sfani} (which I'm going to tweak
as I found some sort-of-rhyming words for the animals).

>>
Understandable is not the same thing as grammatically or semantically correct. We can get away with it -- indeed we do all the time: something like 30% of all utterances are ungrammatical -- in college lectures, yet. But I thought the point here was to learn the language, not to keep hitting in its general area. Once we are fluent we can get sloppy, untilk then it seems a good idea to get it right.

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