From xod@thestonecutters.net Wed Jul 23 07:36:39 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 62630 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2003 14:36:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m20.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 Jul 2003 14:36:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Jul 2003 14:36:38 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19fKjO-0003Wu-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 07:36:38 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19fKib-0003Ve-00; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 07:35:49 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 07:35:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19fKiL-0003UK-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 07:35:33 -0700 Received: from granite.thestonecutters.net (localhost.thestonecutters.net [127.0.0.1]) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h6NEVYVH033796 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:31:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h6NEVYOp033793 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:31:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:31:34 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: le du In-Reply-To: <20030723123156.74687.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20030723103038.G33722-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 5963 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Invent Yourself Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 20445 On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jorge Llambías wrote: > > la and cusku di'e > > > But there will always be a one or two syllable phrase that is > > more precise than zo'e -- e.g. da or ledu, unless da/de/di are > > all already used and one has to start using daxi. > > If da/de/di are all already used, there is also lodu. > > lodu and ledu may require a terminator ku in some contexts though, > while zo'e doesn't. I haven't yet seen a good reason to use le du. Perhaps the example text wasn't instructive enough; it did not compare to alternative possible phrasings. -- The Pentagon group believed it had a visionary strategy that would transform Iraq into an ally of Israel, remove a potential threat to the Persian Gulf oil trade and encircle Iran with U.S. friends and allies...