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[lojban] Re: Poll (not lojbanic, but whorfish)
> If you see a plastic bag with two books inside and a pair of shoes,
> how much items do you see? And, if your answer is not 1 or 5, list
> these items, please.
Depends on whether the bag is transparent or not. If so, I'd probably
count the books as two items and say five; if not, I'd say I see a bag
of books, a left shoe, and a right shoe - three items.
Yes, this is true even though the bag is open and I can see the books in it.
But if the bag is flat on the ground, with the sides rumpled down, so
the books are technically "in" it but "on" would be a much better
descriptor, I'd probably call that five.
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