From arosta@uclan.ac.uk Mon Feb 04 08:10:47 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: arosta@uclan.ac.uk X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 4 Feb 2002 16:10:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 46602 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2002 16:10:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m12.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Feb 2002 16:10:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO com1.uclan.ac.uk) (193.61.255.3) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Feb 2002 16:10:47 -0000 Received: from gwise-gw1.uclan.ac.uk by com1.uclan.ac.uk with SMTP (Mailer); Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:44:39 +0000 Received: from DI1-Message_Server by gwise-gw1.uclan.ac.uk with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 04 Feb 2002 16:10:31 +0000 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.2 Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 16:09:55 +0000 To: jcowan Cc: lojban Original-Cc: >, PP-Warning: Parse error in original version of preceding Cc line Subject: Re: Truth Value of UI (was: Re: UI for 'possible' (was: Re: [lojban]Bibletranslation style question) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline From: And Rosta X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=810630 X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin >>> John Cowan 02/04/02 03:31pm >>> #>> Most people can belch voluntarily,=20 #>=20 #> Really? And there was me thinking it was a special, if underappreciated, #> talent of mine. #Well, I can do it if I gulp air first, whereas my friend claims to #be able to do it without gulping first, though I am skeptical. I can do it without gulping/swallowing. What I do is form a glottal occlusi= on, expand my diaphragm as if inhaling, and then release the glottal occlusion. For some reason that I can't understand by simple proprioception, this sucks air into the oesophagus, which can then be burped out. It must be a related phenomenon that causes some people when lecturing to a large audience without amplification (so speaking unwontedly loudly for a protracted period of time) to find themselves having to stifle small burps. --And