From BestATN@aol.com Wed Jan 22 09:18:59 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: BestATN@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 22 Jan 2003 17:18:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 8701 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2003 17:18:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Jan 2003 17:18:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m07.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.162) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2003 17:18:58 -0000 Received: from BestATN@aol.com by imo-m07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id r.64.2b81c1c0 (25098) for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:18:39 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <64.2b81c1c0.2b602c6f@aol.com> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:18:39 EST Subject: ta'o/ta'onai & metaphor To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_64.2b81c1c0.2b602c6f_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10637 From: BestATN@aol.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1155066 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbaner X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 18317 --part1_64.2b81c1c0.2b602c6f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit lojbab responded: > >>i don't believe that "ta'o" has to be built on a metaphor. let its > literal meaning be >>simply "resuming the main point". > > >ta'o is "by the way" (or "DEVIATING from the main point") > >ta'onai is "resuming the main point" > > thanks for the correction. it doesn't change my point, though, that the cmavo need not be based on a metaphor. stevo --part1_64.2b81c1c0.2b602c6f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit lojbab responded:

>>i don't believe that "ta'o" has to be built on a metaphor.  let its literal meaning be >>simply "resuming the main point".

>ta'o is "by the way" (or "DEVIATING from the main point")
>ta'onai is "resuming the main point"

thanks for the correction.  it doesn't change my point, though, that the cmavo need not be based on a metaphor.

stevo
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