Re: [jbovlaste] finpe definition -- sharks?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

This goes at http://www.lojban.org/tiki/BPFK+Section%3A+gismu+Issues
, please.

-Robin

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 09:53:44AM -0400, Michael Turniansky wrote:
>   According to jbovlaste, finpe is "x1 is a fish of species
> x2[metaphorical extension to sharks, non-fish aquatic vertebrates]."
>  "Metaphorical extension to sharks..."?  Ummm.. sharks* are* fish
> (cartilaginous ones, yes, but fish nonetheless), so it seems that "sharks"
> should be taken out of that parenthetical, unless you want to change the
> main definition from "fish" to "Osteichthyans".  But no one wants that, do
> they?
>           --gejyspa

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