On Friday 24 January 2003 18:29, John Cowan wrote: > Pierre Abbat scripsit: > > "an X is an X" (count noun) or "X is X" (mass noun) is an idiom; in > > Lojban it's a tautology. How should the idiom be rendered in Lojban? > > And when you've solved that problem, tackle this one: > > In old Australia/Wales/Montana, men were men and sheep were nervous. Boys will be boys... phma