From xod@thestonecutters.net Thu Mar 25 09:43:33 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 11631 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2004 17:43:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Mar 2004 17:43:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Mar 2004 17:43:32 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1B6Yq6-0002tJ-3q for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:40:22 -0800 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6YpK-0002sU-V1; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:39:34 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:39:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from thestonecutters.net ([63.251.19.112] helo=chert.thestonecutters.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6YpB-0002sL-8V for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:39:25 -0800 Received: from thestonecutters.net (p78-77.acedsl.com [66.114.78.77]) by chert.thestonecutters.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94E7D148009 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:35:48 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <40631949.1090007@thestonecutters.net> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:39:21 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20040325140032.82828.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> <7C1651BC-7E6D-11D8-99E6-003065E00134@free.fr> In-Reply-To: <7C1651BC-7E6D-11D8-99E6-003065E00134@free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-archive-position: 7332 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 X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 From: xod Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net Subject: [lojban] Re: reply to a negated selbri (compared to French) X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21804 jexOm. wrote: >>> What are the Spanish conventions for replying to a negative question? >> >> >> Pretty much like English, I think. > In spoken English, tone of voice carries more meaning than the actual word selected. -- "The war was supposed to be quick. We were supposed to be greeted as liberators. It was to pay for itself with oil revenues. And we were supposed to find chemical and biological weapons." Col. Sam Gardiner USAF-retired, National Defense University