On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Robin Lee Powell
<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 06:35:49PM -0400, Luke Bergen wrote:
> So my question is, can an unsaid "zo'e" cause the bridi to be true
> OR false depending on what the context suggests of the zo'e?
> Clearly the kid is being dishonest but is he /lieing/?
No. zo'e can never change the truth value of the sentence.
*But*, without specifying CA and CAhA, it can kind of mean whatever
you want. :)
> It kind of reminds me of arguments I would have with my sister
> that went like "but you said that you would take out the trash if
> I walked the dog. -yeah, but I didn't say when"
It's exactly like that. It's not false, it just makes you an
asshole.
-Robin
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