Re: [lojban] Robin retry: commands.

[Betsemes <betsemes@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:47 AM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, but the discussion is about whether to redefine (or at least to use
> dialectically) {e'i} to be more in line with {e'o}, {e'u}, and {e'a}.

Thanks. That makes much better sense since all three seems to be more
intensions than anything else.

> "negative request" seems to have been interpreted as "please don't" in the
> few uses I read of the few uses I found (here:
> http://www.lojban.org/corpus/)
> The BPFK proposed revision is to make {e'o nai} an offer.
> The problem with your logic for making {e'o nai} a command is that an
> analogous argument can be made for {e'u nai}.

Hmmm, actually, making {e'unai} mean "command" makes much better sense
to me than "warning":
attitudinal: suggestion - abandon suggest - command.

mu'o mi'e betsemes

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