[lojban] Re: The Any thread

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Craig scripsit:

> Yes. However, if I say "mi nitcu lo mikce" and Dr. Foo shows up, my need has
> been filled by a specific doctor - Dr Foo. E can still be referred to
> nonspecifically, as e was in the "mi nitcu lo mikce" sentence. But, there, I
> maintain that the listener cannot be held to have been told of any specific
> doctor who is needed, and that if the speaker is communicating there is
> none.

Oll korrect.

> >(A "tanka", or extended haiku)
> 
> What are the rules for this form?

Five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.

-- 
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_

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