RE: [jboske] Unique == Misterhood? (was: lo'e gadri: can we converge towards aresolution?)

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>]

xod:
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote:
> 
> > I think Jorge & I share an understanding of Unique. It is space-limited
> > if space-limitedness is a property of brodahood, but it can be in
> > many different places at once. LE-unique cipni is in many places at
> > once. Now, since being in many places at once is a rather strange
> > property for an individual to have (e.g. Nick can't be in many places
> > at once), I may find it weird to see the class of birds as an
> > individual bird, and so not say "LE-unique cipni": but that's my
> > decision to make as a Lojban speaker 
> 
> This discussion is difficult enough without the introduction of redundant
> or even semi-redundant terms. We should introduce new terms sparingly, and
> only when really needed, to minimize our brain pain. "Unique", I take it,
> means "Mister"?

I would have stuck with Mister, but Nick & John say that to them,
Mr Bird is the massification of all birds -- as if you gather them
all together and mash them up till the individual birds are
unrecognizable. Since their view is a long-standing one in the
lojbo community, I can't just say they're plain wrong. So I use
a new term that hopefully I can claim ownership of.

--And.