From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Tue Apr 06 15:22:14 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 90727 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2004 19:51:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Apr 2004 19:51:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Apr 2004 19:51:06 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1BAwb6-00032R-Gw for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:51:00 -0700 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 1BAwaA-000311-Ab; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:50:02 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:49:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41903.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.154]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BAwa2-00030C-6K for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:49:54 -0700 Message-ID: <20040406194922.13318.qmail@web41903.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41903.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:49:22 PDT Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:49:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20040406191431.GI5197@digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 7451 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 From: Jorge "Llambías" Reply-To: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Subject: [lojban] Re: Opinions on "mi viska le sa .i mi cusku zo .djan." X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=142311107 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21930 --- Robin Lee Powell wrote: > This sentence: > > mi viska le sa .i mi cusku zo .djan. > > is given as an example in the book, yet prima facia it's wrong: there is > no other sentence starter to erase back to. What exactly is the rule for sa? Can't it be "erase back until you find a word of the same selamho as the word following sa, or to the beginning of text if no such word is found"? > I don't really think the incorrectness of that text is arguable > (although I'd love to see someone argue it). What I'm wondering is do > people think that allowing "sa I" or "sa NIhO" at the beginning of text > is a reasonable extension? It would be clearly labelled as > non-standard, at least in the documentation. I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I don't see a problem with sa at the beginning of text, it is pointless but harmless. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/