Re: [lojban] Re: I saw three kinds of dogs

[Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>]

On Wednesday 04 June 2003 13:23, John Cowan wrote:
> Invent Yourself scripsit:
> > For most people, there can be any number of stereotypical dogs, and each
> > one they refer to as le'e gerku. For you, le'e gerku is the stereotype
> > itself, of which there can only be one. (Let's not get distracted with
> > the boundary cases.)
>
> I think there is only one le'e gerku for a given speaker at a given moment,
> but it can vary across speakers and across time.

I agree. It can refer to a stereotype, but really means "the typical dog of 
the dogs which I have in mind". For me, le'e xelso cu zgipli le'e 
relmeiskojgita, where le'e xelso is my stereotype of a Greek but le'e 
relmeiskojgita is not my stereotype of a relmeiskojgita but a baglamas or 
bouzouki. (I play the octave mandolin and the guitar, so my stereotypical 
relmeiskojgita is a mandolin or 12-string guitar.) For you, maybe le'e xelso 
cu tafstika.

phma
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