From: Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>
To: lojban@googlegroups.com
Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 4:52:43 PM
Subject: Re: Lojban is *NOT* broken! Stop saying that! (was Re: [lojban] Re: Vote for the Future Global Language)
Agreed, but that just proves that the meaning of the English word "or" isn't consistent.
"cream or sugar" => OR
"pie or ice cream" => XOR (usually)
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:45 PM, John E Clifford
<kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrote:
But "Do you want pie OR ice cream" almost always is XOR -- even with "or", when children (regardless of age) are involved.
Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 4:33:33 PM
Subject: Re: Lojban is *NOT* broken! Stop saying that! (was Re: [lojban] Re: Vote for the Future Global Language)
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Ivo Doko
<ivo.doko@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7 January 2011 02:06, John E Clifford
<kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrote:
It doesn't matter what the waiter emphasized.
The question is the same regardless of emphasis.
Also, in the real world, the question is never an XOR question, so saying "CREAM or SUGAR" does not suggest that the customer can have only one or the other, but merely that the customer is hard of hearing.
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