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Re: [jboske] Re: lo'edu'u
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Nick Nicholas wrote:
> We are quickly heading for a solomontean solution to lo'e . Before we
> get there though:
>
Yuck.
> The prototypical Red Wolf lives in the wilds of the South (because
> that's where he 'ought' to live.) The typical Red Wolf lives in a zoo.
> In the solomontean solution, {lo'e xunre labno} might be said to live in
> either, but presumably will by default live in the wilds of the South
>
> 4. The solomontean solution effectively wants a cmavo to attach to the
> gadri, qualifying its epistemology. Since this is impossible, let us at
> least insist that if this comes to pass (and I'm not a massive fan
I don't like this solution. Let's choose one of the meanings, preferably
what you have for 'typical', for lo'e. And is 'typical' the mode, or
median?
'Prototypical' is rather mythical, and a good candidate for le'e. Let's
throw in a lujvo for 'prototypical', while we're at it.
--
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re mei re mei degji kakne
- References:
- Re: lo'edu'u
- From: Nick Nicholas <opoudjis@optushome.com.au>