[lojban] Re: mekso samples.

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 11:14:49AM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> Robin:
> > > Also, I wouldn't read <I> in English as "less than sign, I, more
> > > than sign", so I expect the Lojban won't sound like that either.
> > 
> > Ummm, that's *exactly* how I read it in English.  I might
> > alternatively say "capital i in angle brackets".  How would you read
> > it?
> 
> It depends on what the brackets represent. If they represent the
> expected value, for example, I would read it as "the expected value of
> I". I don't know what they represent in this case.

Neither do I.  Can you show me a reference to this "expected value"
usage?  I've never heard of that before.

-Robin

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