From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Mon May 31 09:30:24 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 31 May 2004 09:30:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41905.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.156]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BUpg1-0006Lc-0m for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 31 May 2004 09:30:17 -0700 Message-ID: <20040531162947.64786.qmail@web41905.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41905.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 31 May 2004 09:29:47 PDT Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 09:29:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban] Re: Forget XS, let's go back to XS. To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <20040531161936.GB27251@mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 8023 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 Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- Rob Speer wrote: > I think XS is a great proposal being explained really badly. The emphasis > should be on the fact that {lo} becomes the generic article. Don't say that > it > deals with past usage because those people were talking about Mr. Rabbit and > didn't know it; say it deals with past usage because it's _generic_. There's no mention of Mr Rabbit in the proposed definition. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/