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Re: [lojban] Random lojban questions/annoyances.
Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
> Nothing! I think that is exactly right and true and acceptable. But
> the freaking _definition_ of the lojban language says that stating
> something that is not true as the x2 of djuno is incorrect use of the
> language!
No, it says that statements that use a false statement as the x2 of
djuno are *false*, not incorrect use of the language. Falsity of the
inner bridi entails falsity of the outer bridi, not ungrammaticality
of the outer bridi.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
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