[lojban] Re: Loglish: A Modest Proposal

[klaus schmirler <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Jorge Llambías wrote:

> On 8/15/05, Ben Goertzel <ben@goertzel.org> wrote:
>
> > As an example of the algorithms I described in my prior mail, suppose
> > someone says
> >
> > "Ben murder chicken pliers quu weapon"
> >
> > This means that "Ben murders chickens using pliers as a weapon"
>
>
> Wouldn't you need:
>
>   la Ben cu murder lo chicken lo pliers quu weapon
>
> ? Otherwise, it might be taken to mean "Ben is a murderous chicken
> using pliers as a weapon" or "Ben is a murderously chickeny 
> pliers-as-a-weapon" or "Lo! there's Ben type-of murderously chickeny 
> pliers-as-aweapon!" or something else. (I'm not sure if names
> can be recognized as sumti in Loglish even without {la}, or whether
> "pliers quu weapon" can be taken as a sumti even without a gadri.  
> You might also need to distinguish "chicken quu animal" from
> "chicken quu coward".)

I think the straightforward reading is Ben murdering chicken pliers.

klaus



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