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RE: [lojban] Why is there so much irregularity in cmavo/gismu?

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Subject: RE: [lojban] Why is there so much irregularity in cmavo/gismu?
From: "Craig" <ragnarok@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:03:30 -0500
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Reply-to: <ragnarok@pobox.com>

>>Why not treat this with a more Sapir-Whorf attitude, and ponder the deep
>>meaning behind the FACT that xu is in UI? Maybe a question is really an
>>attitude after all.
>>

>sure--an attitude of quizzicality.

1. You go. I feel quizzical about this. = do klama .u'esai.ue.a'u

2. Do you go? = do klama xu

They are not the same. Or did you mean a sapir-whorf attitude is quzzical?

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- RE: [lojban] Why is there so much irregularity in cmavo/gismu?
  - From: "michael helsem" <graywyvern@hotmail.com>

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