From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Dec 15 10:31:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 66401 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2005 18:31:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 15 Dec 2005 18:31:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Dec 2005 18:31:04 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EmxpZ-0002lE-Mv for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:27:53 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Emxoe-0002kV-7i; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:26:59 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:26:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EmxoE-0002kG-8N for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:26:30 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EmxoD-0002k9-U8 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:26:30 -0800 Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:26:29 -0800 Message-ID: <20051215182629.GL3616@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20051215004142.GI3616@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20051215162323.53335.qmail@web81310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051215162323.53335.qmail@web81310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-archive-position: 10896 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -3.5 (---) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: A Proposed Explanation of {gunma} X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=rpVm5Z7GKh2bAT-xTDYnPEWDFVEyQQBcukbf7lF-tnGpxVYpuQ X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 25292 On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 08:23:23AM -0800, John E Clifford wrote: > > > --- Robin Lee Powell > wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 04:38:56PM -0800, John > > E Clifford wrote: > > > The talk about the place structure of {gunma} and the > > > subsequent expansions on that got me wondering just what a > > > gunma, a "mass," is. > > > > The current belief is that it's what McKay calls a plural. See > > http://philosophy.syr.edu/mckay.html > > Yours but probably not xorxes'; McKay's plurals are one reading of > bunches. xorxes has stated the opposite: that McKay's plurals are *not* bunches. I'm sure he's read it more carefully than I am, so maybe he could speak up? -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/ To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.