And the news in this is?

From: Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>
To: lojban@googlegroups.com
= Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011= 4:52:43 PM
Subject: Re= : Lojban is *NOT* broken! Stop saying that! (was Re: [lojban] Re: Vote for = the Future Global Language)

Agreed, but that just proves that the meaning of the English word "or" isn'= t consistent.

"cream or sugar" =3D> OR
"pie or ice cream" =3D&= gt; XOR (usually)

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:45 PM, John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrot= e:

But "Do you want pie OR ice cream" almost always is XOR -= - even with "or", when children (regardless of age) are involved.

From: Jonathan Jones <<= a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:eyeonus@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" h= ref=3D"mailto:eyeonus@gmail.com">eyeonus@gmail.com>
To: lojban@googlegroups.com

Sent: Fri, January 7= , 2011 4:33:33 PM

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Ivo Doko <ivo.doko@gmail.com&g= t; wrote:

On 7 January 2011 02:06, John E Clifford <kali9putra@yaho= o.com> wrote:

It doesn't matter what the waiter emphasized.
<= /blockquote>

You either don't know English well enough or ar= e just ignoring the importance of emphasizing for the sake of your point.

The question is the same regardless of emphasis.

Also, in = the real world, the question is never an XOR question, so saying "CREAM or = SUGAR" does not suggest that the customer can have only one or the other, b= ut merely that the customer is hard of hearing.

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