From lojban+bncCIycn8S8DhCcveHlBBoEUc8-mw@googlegroups.com Fri Oct 15 07:01:17 2010 Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.216.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1P6kqP-0002GQ-Ep; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:01:17 -0700 Received: by qyk33 with SMTP id 33sf745973qyk.16 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:01:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:received :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1eWDb/IG+13OA57tKodUkZiu5Wuqkm6zaG1cNAhz55E=; b=abuHFWgxIgBDnZGJO+TNGEb3zIAf3DLjfxKJjPxPyMUCutlnr6uo7fYyjDvcCBFGJX jhCr4Eepmt5jzndjnMqMe/UEnQCXz75qX3sV8btPZstKGOV7n8wk97gvOutrbxhTcAWW sISVh8F3USPmtbESAG+eGCPLlHvIpwaIPx+Lc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=4dvNi1G006LlbBziG5D+4DLLYHWD7BVRTRwKjdSZvIRWyda1VMGdeKWcjDIWhi31/C WkQGFwrkXAGDJLrlMIYdAD3JCkvlhxRVMdYgQZLy9ABayzxNc5QJSc2f5nVsu9wW2F5c OutKPQLEamXHuIc4An3esVf4sPwjcmeYsjp/4= Received: by 10.229.130.158 with SMTP id t30mr774494qcs.1.1287151260147; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:01:00 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.229.200.30 with SMTP id eu30ls711648qcb.0.p; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.182.3 with SMTP id ca3mr81834qcb.24.1287151259276; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.182.3 with SMTP id ca3mr81833qcb.24.1287151259248; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-qy0-f169.google.com (mail-qy0-f169.google.com [209.85.216.169]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id o14si529780qcu.9.2010.10.15.07.00.58; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:58 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.169 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.169; Received: by qyk7 with SMTP id 7so1523449qyk.0 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.84.20 with SMTP id h20mr774505qcl.6.1287151254884; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.89.67 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:00:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101014210603.GB15812@digitalkingdom.org> References: <912647ad-7dcf-4de6-86d8-9df0e974973a@x42g2000yqx.googlegroups.com> <4CB71879.3060409@lojban.org> <20101014210603.GB15812@digitalkingdom.org> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:00:54 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: A friggin' proposal. From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.169 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 05:00:52PM -0400, Michael Turniansky wrote: >> Speaking of tinkering with the language, can someone explain the >> rationale behind not allowing CAhA to be negated with nai? =A0I'm >> sure there is one, but why shouldn't (for example) "mi ka'e nai >> sanga" be roughly equivalent to "mi na'e kakne lo nu sanga"? >> (admittedly pu'inai and nu'onai wouldn't be as useful as ka'enai >> and ca'anai) > > I'm not aware of a good reason, and it's been done in usage *many* > times. =A0Please add a note to the appropriate BPFK page (see my other > mail). vi'o -gejyspa --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den.