From sentto-44114-17188-1037978764-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Fri Nov 22 11:37:45 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:37:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.101]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 18FJcS-0003bo-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:37:41 -0800 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-17188-1037978764-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.192] by n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Nov 2002 15:26:05 -0000 X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 31517 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.32) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:26:04 -0800 Received: from 200.49.74.2 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:26:03 GMT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04.0107 (UTC) FILETIME=[786F21B0:01C2923B] 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: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:26:03 +0000 Subject: [lojban] Re: mi nanca li (was: Re: Newbie says hi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 2675 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 and cusku di'e >Imagine we had truly spatial tenses, for saying things like >"such and such is true of such and such a segment of space". >How would you feel about me saying "I am 3 foot tall"?, conceiving >me as extending to a length of 3 feet in a certain segment of space >(the other 3 foot of me being in some other segment of space)? >Maybe it's just too weird to reason about coherently. It's weird to think of people in segments, but I wouldn't have a problem with something like "the river is two miles long this side of the border", even though the river may be longer in its full extension. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/