From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Fri Nov 02 13:55:15 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 2 Nov 2001 21:55:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 24365 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2001 21:55:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m5.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Nov 2001 21:55:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.169.75.101) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Nov 2001 21:55:14 -0000 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15zmHT-0002Th-00; Fri, 02 Nov 2001 13:55:15 -0800 Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:55:15 -0800 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Cc: lobgir@digitalkingdom.org Subject: Re: [lojban] lo with discourse-scope? Message-ID: <20011102135515.F5796@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com, lobgir@digitalkingdom.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i From: Robin Lee Powell X-Yahoo-Profile: robinleepowell On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 04:53:08PM -0500, pycyn@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/2/2001 11:36:03 AM Central Standard Time, > rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > > > Uhhh, doesn't da keep its binding until changed? > > > > That's certainly how I use it. > > > > Once more (with feeling): Officially, the scope of {da} (its binding) > runs out at the next unadorned {i} or similar break marker or at > {da'o}, whichever comes first. Informally, we allow it to continue > for some indefinite period even after {i} (I'm less sure about the > others, but {da'o} definitely kills it). The indefintie period is > apparently as long as we keep in mind what {da} stood for. A typical > joke would surely be short enough, but maybe not a reasonable novel -- > and almost surely not a multigenerational saga. Ah. OK. That I can totally deal with. Works for me. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. le datni cu djica le nu zifre .iku'i .oi le so'e datni cu to'e te pilno je xlali -- RLP http://www.lojban.org/