From jcowan@reutershealth.com Fri Mar 26 15:16:56 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 41613 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2004 23:16:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Mar 2004 23:16:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.36) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2004 23:16:55 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (mail [65.246.141.36]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA02690; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:03:17 -0500 (EST) Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:09:19 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:09:18 -0500 To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <20040326230918.GK30435@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20040326113834.030ae480@pop.east.cox.net> <5.2.0.9.0.20040326170952.030ea920@pop.east.cox.net> <200403261744.32682.phma@webjockey.net> <20040326230420.GD18619@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040326230420.GD18619@digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 65.246.141.36 From: jcowan@reutershealth.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: fi'u was Re:lanzu usage X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21827 Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > > Ambiguous in English is "five hundred fifty five gallon drums". The > > total capacity can be 555, > > No, it can't, that would be "five hundred fifty five gallon drum", no > 's'. What's wrong with "555-gallon drums do not exist; they are too large"? -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan "Any legal document draws most of its meaning from context. A telegram that says 'SELL HUNDRED THOUSAND SHARES IBM SHORT' (only 190 bits in 5-bit Baudot code plus appropriate headers) is as good a legal document as any, even sans digital signature." --me