[lojban] Re: jbovlaste example.

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 04:52:27PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> 
> --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > > Can vacuum marji?
> > 
> > I think that it can, because there's never *nothing* in a
> > vacuum.  More to the point, if you're in a vacuum, that very
> > lack of material *is* your material surroundings.  If people
> > think that's a really bad idea, let me know.
> 
> I doubt it can be both marji and lack of marji. 

Again, a vacuum isn't really lack of marji, just extreme sparseness.

> How about {vabybasti kumfa} or {vabystika kumfa}?

I don't think vanbi matches at all, actually.  vanbi is everything
from the air to the trees to my mood.

I did think of it at one point, and rejected it.  marji has the
profound place-structure benefit of being able to specify the
composition.

-Robin

-- 
Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/  ***   I'm a *male* Robin.
"but I'm not stupid and people are not stupid who think samely with me"
-- from an actual, real, non-spam mail sent to webmaster@lojban.org
http://www.lojban.org/             ***              .i cimo'o prali .ui