From ragnarok@pobox.com Fri Apr 11 20:18:57 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 20:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.intrex.net ([209.42.192.250]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 194BXX-0003Fx-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 20:18:51 -0700 Received: from craig [209.42.200.60] by smtp.intrex.net (SMTPD32-7.13) id A5829B302A4; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 23:18:26 -0400 From: "Craig" To: Subject: [lojban] Re: Cartoon by a conlanger Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 23:18:22 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: <20030411200759.22bc34d0.rizen@surreality.us> Importance: Normal X-Declude-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com [209.42.200.60] X-archive-position: 4766 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ragnarok@pobox.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list >> >> > http://www.langmaker.com/db/cmc_unitedwestan.jpg >> >> >> >> Ido-land trying to attack Lojbanistan without even a Langmaker >> >> mandate? >> >> >.ua xlali malspero! zo'o >> >> But we got to annex la loglandias first. >"got" as in the past tense of "get" or "got to" as in "have to"? In my particular dialect of English, it can only be the former, as the second would need another auxiliary verb: "we've got to annex". I was referring to the fact that the cartoon shows Lojbanistan as including the territory of Loglandia.