Re: [lojban] Re: Alice - the xorlo version

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

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:06:44AM -0400, Craig Daniel wrote:
> 2010/9/24 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> > arguing about what the English "tired of" means, that's clear
> > enough. We are discussing whether or not the Lojban word "tatpi"
> > has a meaning wide enough to go beyond pysical exhaustion or
> > fatigue.
> 
> I'd say "tatpi" unambiguously *can* go beyond physical exhaustion
> at least as far as mental exhaustion, and that is not under
> question as far as I can tell. Alice is not experiencing what I
> would normally call mental exhaustion, though, and the question is
> whether "tatpi" is broad enough to cover the experience she is
> having.

Exactly.

-Robin

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