Re: Lojban is *NOT* broken! Stop saying that! (was Re: [lojban] Re: Vote for the Future Global Language)

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Ivo Doko <ivo.doko@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 January 2011 03:17, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Waiter: Do you want cream or sugar in your coffee?
>>
>> Lojbanist: Yes.
>
> Proper response is "I do." :D Unless you drink your coffee with neither...
>
> Also, that would depend on the waiter's emphasis of the sentence:
>
>
> "Do you want CREAM or SUGAR in your coffee?"
>
> means:
>
> "Is this true: (You want cream in your coffee. ⊕ You want sugar in your
> coffee.)?"
>
>
> "Do you WANT cream or sugar in your coffee?"
>
> means:
>
> "Is this true: (You want cream in your coffee. ∨ You want sugar in your
> coffee.)?"
>
>
>
>
> ("⊕" is XOR, "∨" is OR.)
>
>
>
> So presuming the waiter emphasised "cream" and "sugar", not "want", "yes" or
> "I do" are not proper responses.

  Personally, I neither want (cream) nor (sugar in my coffee).  Cause
cream is kinda silly all by itself, and I don't drink coffee, so
putting sugar in something that I wouldn't drink anyway is also kind
of silly.
                                --gejyspa

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group.
To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.