From jcowan@reutershealth.com Thu Jul 22 15:31:45 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 75282 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2004 22:31:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Jul 2004 22:31:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.36) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Jul 2004 22:31:44 -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 SAA25194; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:24:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:31:38 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:31:38 -0400 To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <20040722223138.GG2903@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <20040722151938.GT2295@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040722151938.GT2295@chain.digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 65.246.141.36 From: John Cowan Subject: Re: [lojban] "Yes", but not "go'i" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22706 Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > This comes out of the phone conversations xorxes and xod and I had. I'm > looking for a way to say "yes" in the sense of "that is correct". We > have ".ie" for one form of "yes", and "go'i" for another. Would ".e'e" > work for the third? I've also been using just bare "drani". Don't forget "vi'o" as yet another kind of "yes": A: Can you print that out for me and fax it? B: Yes. -- And through this revolting graveyard of the universe the muffled, maddening beating of drums, and thin, monotonous whine of blasphemous flutes from inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond Time; the detestable pounding and piping whereunto dance slowly, awkwardly, and absurdly the gigantic tenebrous ultimate gods -- the blind, voiceless, mindless gargoyles whose soul is Nyarlathotep. (Lovecraft) John Cowan|jcowan@reutershealth.com|ccil.org/~cowan