Re: [lojban] Re: tersmu 0.2

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:39 AM, 'John E. Clifford' via lojban <lojban@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I got to wondering about "What I think John knows is possible", ignoring the extra problems of cognitive predicates and using / for the descriptor, since typefaces keep confusing LC ell with one and uc i. P /x(Bi/y(^Kjx^y)), which Is not going to convert easily, as you say.

Actually, the English is ambiguous, but my example was just a referring term, not a complete formula:  /x(Bi/y(^Kj/z(^Px^z)^y)  if I understand the notation correctly. I suppose you just read the English and not the Lojban forms, which didn't share that ambiguity:

  lo poi'i mi jinvi lo du'u la djan cu djuno lo du'u ke'a cumki

  xxx poi mi jinvi lo du'u la djan cu djuno lo du'u ke'a cumki

  zo'e noi mi jinvi lo du'u la djan cu djuno lo du'u ke'a cumki

 

 But that is no reason to disparage cases that do convert easily.  

 We're not disparaging the more ergonomic forms, they are used all the time. 

Indeed, it makes me inclined to doubt the legitimacy of the form itself (quantifying in and all that).

What would it mean that it was illegitimate? It wouldn't mean anything, or it would mean something else?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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