Re: [lojban] Re: "not only"

[Value Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, A.W.T. wrote:

> --- In lojban@y..., pycyn@a... wrote:
>
> >  If there is some doubt about this, consider the following.  For humans i=
> t is
> > universally true that only females are pregnant.  So, in particular, it i=
> s
> > true that only female inhabitants of the Carmel of Sts Tereesa and Theres=
> e
> > are pregnant.  But, even though there are female (and only female)
> > inhabitants, it does not follow that any of them are pregnant.
> > Similarly, only female inhabitants of Gethsemani Abbey are pregnant.  It =
> does
> > not follow from this that any of these men is pregnant, indeed, from the =
> fact
> > that they are all men it follows that none of them is pregnant.  Of cours=
> e,
> > you could say that it is not true of these groups that only female member=
> s
> > are pregnant, but that entails that they are not human, contrary to all t=
> he
> > available evidence.
>
> I don't at all accept your tricky "*are* (pregnant)", which is false - henc=
> e all your further statements deducted.
>
> {lo'e fetsi cu ka'e pazvau} -> true
> {lo'e fetsi po'onai cu ka'e pazvau} -> true
> {lo'e fetsi noi se zdani la'o gy The Carmel of Sts Tereesa and Therese gy c=
> u ka'e pazvau} -> true
> (I think, this doesn't claim that there are females there at all nor that t=
> hey're pregnant)
> {lo'e fetsi noi se zdani la cys. ge'u po'onai cu ka'e pazvau} ->  ?????
> (is only the typical female *living in the Carmel* innately capable to be p=
> regnant?!  Yet, using the {noi} here instead of {poi}
> maybe could save here - not too sure though.)


Exactly correct. He is exploiting English-weirdness which flips the
meaning of "are pregnant" between "ka'e pazvau" and "ca'a pazvau".




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