From phma@oltronics.net Tue Sep 18 16:11:09 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 18 Sep 2001 23:11:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 52278 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2001 23:11:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 18 Sep 2001 23:11:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (216.189.29.235) by mta3 with SMTP; 18 Sep 2001 23:11:01 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id B6FD43C4C2; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 19:07:33 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: lojban Subject: Re: [lojban] META : Who is everyone (and what are they saying) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 19:07:31 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <0109181907321I.01268@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat On Tuesday 18 September 2001 13:52, And Rosta wrote: > "No prenu cu daplu" is exactly right. Because it's an obvious truth, not > worth saying, the hearer realizes that for it to be worth saying it must be > metaphorical. English is no different. To use a brivla metaphorically, you have to fill all of its places with the metaphor. If a man were an island, he would be an island of humanity, but in a sea of what? phma