From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Jun 21 13:35:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 57462 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2006 20:34:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.67.35) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 21 Jun 2006 20:34:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Jun 2006 20:34:44 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Ft9No-0007xV-Hx for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:33:04 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Ft9ME-0007wX-Nm; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:31:28 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:31:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Ft9Lk-0007wG-M4 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:30:56 -0700 Received: from manyas.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr ([139.179.30.24]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Ft9Li-0007w8-Kb for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:30:56 -0700 Received: by manyas.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr (Postfix, from userid 72) id F1C0333D91; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:30:54 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [139.179.111.113] (ppp113.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr [139.179.111.113]) by manyas.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D599832219 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:30:53 +0300 (EEST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.394 [268.9.0/368]); Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:34:41 +0300 Message-ID: <4499AD61.4010700@bilkent.edu.tr> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:34:41 +0300 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) References: <446DD7B7.2070705@kli.org> <737b61f30606201728k44a7a221j1087b99b519dab0a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <737b61f30606201728k44a7a221j1087b99b519dab0a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 11817 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: robin@bilkent.edu.tr X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: robin From: robin Reply-To: robin@bilkent.edu.tr Subject: [lojban] Re: What does "anyway" mean anyway? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=DI5A8wvY-ssB9G3bF93zr81UT9BTYpkb54E-i7fsdjAr--lxtw X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 26240 On 5/19/06, Mark E. Shoulson wrote: >> > Hmm... Were I to translate this into Hebrew, I would use a word that >> > means something like "at all". Maybe the meaning is "whose line is >> it, >> > if it's anyone's at all." Consider that "anyway" added to a yes/no >> > question doesn't do this: "is he coming anyway?" is a normal question >> > with "anyway" modifying the conditions under which he might come. So >> > maybe there's something like "is this question really even valid to >> > start with? Should you be answering it with {na'i}?" This sense of "anyway" implies an incomplete connective - kind of like {.iseju ta klama ti}. The way teenagers use "anyway", I'd translate it as {.a'ucai} or {.a'acai ni'o} ;-) robin.tr -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 16/06/2006 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.