=A0 I have no problem with that with option 2.=A0 It&= #39;s hyperbolic speech.=A0 Bob is exaggerating, but saying exactly what he= means to say, "everything in the entire universe is wrong".=A0 B= TW, someone before asked about the current existence in the corpus=A0of &qu= ot;roda" used to mean the universal everything, a usage the writer dee= med "rare"?=A0 Well, sure: it appears in the second sentence of m= y Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin, which I wrote like=A04 years ago:= "roda naku su'ode rodi zo'u da de simsa di .ije da na'e d= u de"

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --gejyspa

=A0

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gm= ail.com> wrote:

It just feels like option three has the power to very easily make malgli= .=A0
Bob:=A0 it's wrong, it's all wrong.
Dan:=A0 what's = wrong?
Bob:=A0 everything.

This ambiguous little piece of conversation can easily be translated to = lojban with option 3 roda.
Bob:=A0 toldrani .i roda toldrani
Dan:=A0 = .i ma toldrani
Bob:=A0 roda go'i

Now, is the above "ambiguous" or "vague"

On Feb 25, 2011 12:22 PM, <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
> On , Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm sorry, but I'm with Lindar here.
> Hi Michael , = I know how painful is to be in agreement with Lindar, it
> happens t= o me too, sometimes :) ({zo'o})
>
>> If you want to say= "I see two animals ...
> I agree, I could say it differently and I probably would if I needed. = The
> point is how to read the sentence {roda plisa} if {da} has not= been
> previously bound.
>
> Since {roda} is grammatic= al, we have to decide what is the interpretation
> in case {da} it's not bound.
>
> I see three choices:=
>
> 1. No interpretation (ie it's nonsensical)=20

> 2. It means EVERYTHING (in some metaphysical sen= se)
> 3. Can be interpreted depending on the context
>
>= My vote is in favour of option 3. The second choice for me would be option=
> 1. If the majority would vote for option 2 I will mumble in the dark a= nd
> never, ever use an unbound {da}
>
> remod
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