From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Jan 11 11:56:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 21582 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2005 19:56:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m16.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Jan 2005 19:56:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Jan 2005 19:56:51 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CoS7w-0005GA-Gr for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:56:28 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CoS7m-0005Fm-LI; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:56:18 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:56:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CoS7c-0005FU-F4 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:56:08 -0800 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:56:08 -0800 Message-ID: <20050111195608.GM4261@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050107012257.2818.qmail@web41902.mail.yahoo.com> <00a001c4f4f2$8ac75a00$42e1fea9@oemcomputer> <20050111190105.GC17368@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050111190105.GC17368@mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-archive-position: 9232 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Holiday Present from the BPFK: The gadri Proposal Has Been Completed X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 23621 On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 02:01:05PM -0500, Rob Speer wrote: > And where does the idea that {loi vo nanmu} has one referent come > from? Is that the "Mr. Rabbit" (or "Mr. Man" in this case) concept > that I've never believed in? No, it's distributivity. {loi vo nanmu cu bevri lo pipno} means, unequivocably, that they carry it together, i.e. that they are a group for purposes of the bridi, not four independent men. That group is the one referent. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/