Re: [lojban] Re: fi'u was Re:lanzu usage

[jcowan@reutershealth.com]

Robin Lee Powell scripsit:

> > Ambiguous in English is "five hundred fifty five gallon drums". The
> > total capacity can be 555, 
> 
> No, it can't, that would be "five hundred fifty five gallon drum", no
> 's'.

What's wrong with "555-gallon drums do not exist; they are too large"?

-- 
John Cowan    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan   <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
    "Any legal document draws most of its meaning from context.  A telegram
    that says 'SELL HUNDRED THOUSAND SHARES IBM SHORT' (only 190 bits in
    5-bit Baudot code plus appropriate headers) is as good a legal document
    as any, even sans digital signature." --me