From sentto-44114-15649-1031833499-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Thu Sep 12 05:25:35 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 12 Sep 2002 05:25:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n24.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.80]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pT2J-0000Gx-00 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 05:25:31 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-15649-1031833499-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n24.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2002 12:24:59 -0000 X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 12 Sep 2002 12:24:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 67917 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2002 12:24:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Sep 2002 12:24:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.79) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Sep 2002 12:24:58 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 05:24:58 -0700 Received: from 200.49.74.2 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:24:58 GMT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Sep 2002 12:24:58.0748 (UTC) FILETIME=[68D8ABC0:01C25A57] From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Originating-IP: [200.49.74.2] X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 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: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:24:58 +0000 Subject: Re: [lojban] word for "www" (was: Archive location.) Content-Type: text/plain X-archive-position: 1180 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list la lojbab cusku di'e >But then why isn't a person "pa selci be lo'e prenu", with pa prenu being a >quantity of persons (i.e. a people) Because we are more interested in talking about individual persons than about individual water molecules, and the basic roots define the more common concepts. > >I have seen {mergu'e} used often, which is a lujvo for "United States". > >Has it ever been quantified? Is there pa mergu'e or muno mergu'e? pa mergu'e without the slightest doubt. >I don't think we can say one way or another until we see how people >translate the concept of "one people" in some context where it would use >prenu. But you did say it could be just as well one or the other. I agree that usage could eventually make prenu meaningful in that sense or any other, but it would be very far from the current meaning. >(I suspect that I would usually use natmi or the x2 of one of the >places that has a people in that place like bangu). Yes, so would I. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Home Selling? Try Us! http://us.click.yahoo.com/QrPZMC/iTmEAA/MVfIAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/