From rob@twcny.rr.com Wed Aug 29 19:59:54 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rob@telenet.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2); 30 Aug 2001 02:59:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 13479 invoked from network); 30 Aug 2001 02:59:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 Aug 2001 02:59:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO telenet.net) (204.97.152.225) by mta1 with SMTP; 30 Aug 2001 02:59:25 -0000 Received: from riff (ip-209-23-14-44.modem.logical.net [209.23.14.44]) by telenet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA28973 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:59:23 -0400 Received: from rob by riff with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15cI2n-0000Xb-00 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:59:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:59:01 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] jboske list Message-ID: <20010829225901.A1483@twcny.rr.com> Reply-To: rob@twcny.rr.com References: <20010829220606.B9524@rrbcurnow.freeuk.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010829220606.B9524@rrbcurnow.freeuk.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com Sender: Rob Speer From: Rob Speer On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:06:06PM +0100, Richard Curnow wrote: > Personally, I'd like to follow 'definitive rulings' on language usage, > but I just haven't got the time to read the threads in enough detail to > do them justice. Unfortunately, I fear this probably means I miss the > key posting that contains the final answer to some issues :-( You don't miss it... it's been a long time since I've seen a definitive answer on anything here. We all just argue it for a long time and eventually we get sick of it and a few people with opposing viewpoints come out feeling that they've won. Hopefully the "Elephant" system that John Cowan proposed on the Wiki will help this situation. -- Rob Speer