[lojban] Re: Let's be friends

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Norb=E4ck?= scripsit:

> x1 is a fish of species x2 [metaphorical extension to sharks, non-fish
> aquatic vertebrates]
> 
> Why sharks are mentioned, I don't know, since they are true fish, [...].

For the sake of clarity.  Sharks are true members of Pisces, to be sure,
but teleost fishes are the prototype for the category "fish".

> So I don't buy the argument not to use the full gismu in a lujvo, the
> rafsi would mean the exact same thing.

+1

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