Re: loi (was Re: [lojban] Rosetta Project Genesis translation)

[Rob Speer <rob@twcny.rr.com>]

On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 12:04:13PM -0400, pycyn@aol.com wrote:
> So part 
> of the ancestor of {loi} is "gavagai" and Mr. Rabbit.
I have no idea what "gavaggai" means, and how does naming this bizarre concept
"Mr. Rabbit" help at all? What does the Mr. mean?

> A second part is mass nouns in English -- though without the "piece of" idiom.
> A third part is the disambiguation of sentences like "Chicagoans drink more 
> beer tha New Yorkers"

Wouldn't that use lo'e or le'e?

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