From sentto-44114-15370-1030946544-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Sun Sep 01 23:02:58 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 01 Sep 2002 23:02:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.77]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17lkIa-0001Kz-00 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 23:02:56 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-15370-1030946544-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.199] by n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Sep 2002 06:02:24 -0000 X-Sender: gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 2 Sep 2002 06:02:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 33105 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2002 06:02:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Sep 2002 06:02:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta12n.bluewin.ch) (195.186.4.221) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Sep 2002 06:02:23 -0000 Received: from oemcomputer (62.202.161.147) by mta12n.bluewin.ch (Bluewin AG 6.5.027) id 3D727237000053FB for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 08:02:21 +0200 Message-ID: <00d801c25246$5fc17ee0$b2a4ca3e@oemcomputer> To: "jboste" References: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 From: "G. Dyke" X-Yahoo-Profile: gregvdyke 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: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 22:09:11 +0200 Subject: Re: [lojban] dictionary - which words? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 900 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list > I think the "modal" examples should rather be under "mau", but either > way would be fine. > > Is the use of the word "modal" instead of "preposition" purely > a Lojban thing? I think the usual (non-Lojban) sense of "modal" > has more to do with what some UIs do. The only Lojban modals > that might be standard modals are {ka'e} and {ca'a}, right? > yep, as is said in CLL, (wording mine) the use of the word "modal" is unfortunate in that it is not what modal means in normal linguistic parlance, but it is too deeply intrenched in the logl/jban project to be changed now. I think {mau} has no more right to its own "content" in the dictionary than {zma} although both should refer the user to zmadu. mu'o mi'e greg ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/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/