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Re: [lojban] The Pleasures of goi (was: zipf computations &experimentalcmavo
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- Subject: Re: [lojban] The Pleasures of goi (was: zipf computations &experimentalcmavo
- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:22:30 -0400
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Craig wrote:
How does this differ from {The killer, Judas} in both cases?
That could be either but is probably no'u, because of the comma.
In a context where I talk about both George Bush and Jeb Bush,
la buc. po'u la djordj would be appropriate. Where only George
Bush is under discussion, it would be la buc. no'u la djordj.
do ba'o du la bria,yn .iku'i do pu'o du la brai,yn po'u la brai,yn.
(I know that's not what Reg says.)
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