[lojban-beginners] Re: A Newbie's First Impressions

[xavin@xavin.adhockery.net]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 03:23:22PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:49:55PM -0700, Jon MacLeod wrote:
> > > > There are perfectly valid sentences in English which can confuse
> > > > native English speakers (wish I could come up with an example).
> > > 
> > > The mouse the cat the dog bit chased died.
> >
> >  Out of pure masochistic curiousity, what the **** does that
> >  sentence mean?
> 
> The mouse which was chased by the cat which was bit by the dog died.

Where did you get the rule that says you can do that?

--Xavier Shirin