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[lojban-beginners] "long" and "short"
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- Subject: [lojban-beginners] "long" and "short"
- From: Penguino <spheniscine@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:48:28 +0800
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How does one distinguish between long as in spatial dimensions, and long as in time? The Chinese have two words for these concepts, and this ambiguity in English is often a source of confusion ("Will the sausage be long?" to a waiter, for instance. [zo'o]).