[lojban] Re: I saw three kinds of dogs

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Jorge Llambías wrote:

>
> la xod cusku di'e
>
> > > {ci cnano gerku} would be "three normal dogs", if that's what
> > > "three stereotypical dogs" means.
> >
> > Yes, I was asking how you would have said "three stereotypical dogs",
> > assuming you wouldn't use le'e.
>
> I would use a brivla meaning "x1 is stereotypical in property x2".
> If cnano covers that, then cnano would work, if not, then a suitable
> lujvo or fu'ivla. I don't think that's a very frequently used concept
> though. (Certainly not something that would require a special gadri!)
>
> > I understand your use of le'e here, but it's based on a nonstandard
> > understanding of the multiplicity of stereotypes.
>
> I don't really base it on any understanding of stereotypes.


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.)



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