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Re: Cake, Pie or Ice Cream? (was: Re: Lojban is *NOT* broken! Stop saying that! (was Re: [lojban] Re: Vote for the Future Global Language))
On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 07:53:57AM -0800, John E Clifford wrote:
> The 'ji' solution to the choice question is very Logjamish; it is
> easy to picture JCB cackling with glee over it. But it raises
> (not "begs" gawdammit) some further questions, all of which have
> been raised before and probably solved. But, I don't remember the
> solutions and they may not be in the consciousness of many
> less-than-decades Lojbanists:
>
> 1. What is the question to which "cream", "sugar, "neither" or
> "both" are *answers*, not merely side remarks that happen to do
> the job answers are meant to do?
Differing from other answers, I would do "do djica ma poi mi setca
ke'a le ckafi".
> 2) How does (or indeed, just "Does") the 'ji' solution extend to
> cases of three or more choice items, as in the subject line?
I *believe* it works fine as long as you stick with {.e}, but I am
not sure and have made a note on the appropriate bpfk page.
Assuming {mi djica lo ladru .e nai lo sakta na .e lo titnanba} means
"I want milk and a donut, but not sugar", then it seems to me that
{do djica lo ladru ji lo sakta ji lo titnanba}, responded to with
{.e nai na .e} would DTRT.
Bonus points: how do you reply to {do djica lo ladru ji nai lo
sakta} if you want both? :D
> 3) What about extending the solution to 1 above to more than two
> cases?
Well, *my* solution has an infinity of possible responses. :D If
you want to see it with limited possible responses, see others'
versions.
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