[lojban] Re: xorlo

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Squark Rabinovich<top.squark@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I fail to see almost any difference between "tables" and "a bunch of
> tables".

Consider:

"Tables are often made of wood."
"A bunch of tables is often made of wood."

"He makes tables for a living."
"He makes a bunch of tables for a living."

Do you think those mean the same thing?

In any case, I don't think it's a problem to think that "lo jubme" can
sometimes mean "a bunch o tables", as long as that doesn't lead you to
expect that you can then quantify over bunches of tables to get "every
bunch of tables", "three bunches of tables", and so on. Those are not
the type of things that can be said with "lo jubme".

> Perhaps the only difference is that "bunch" contains a stronger
> implication of something uniting the tables together. In order to remove any
> doubts, lets call it a "plurality of tables".

As long as you don't then want to talk about "three pluralities of
tables", there is no problem. "lo" only lets you quantify over tables.

> Fellows, I'm afraid we are totally lost here, as far as xorlo is concerned.
> Where are the authority people? Where is xorxe himself?

mu'o mi'e _xorxes_ :)


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