From a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Sat Sep 28 06:10:50 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_4); 28 Sep 2002 13:10:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 54138 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2002 13:10:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m14.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Sep 2002 13:10:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailbox-5.st1.spray.net) (212.78.202.105) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Sep 2002 13:10:50 -0000 Received: from oemcomputer (host213-121-67-235.surfport24.v21.co.uk [213.121.67.235]) by mailbox-5.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC5E153E2; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 15:10:45 +0200 (DST) To: "John Cowan" Cc: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: paroi ro mentu Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:12:22 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200209280505.BAA03563@mail2.reutershealth.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 From: "And Rosta" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=122260811 X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin > From: John Cowan [mailto:jcowan@reutershealth.com] > And Rosta scripsit: > > > (What's the difference between 'rotate' and 'revolve'? I'm sure > > John will enjoy telling me...) > > Whether the axis passes or doesn't pass through the turning body, > respectively. The Earth rotates on its axis daily, and revolves > around the sun yearly. Is this physics terminology, or universal? Should the Beatles' LP have been called 'Rotator'? Is it in fact impossible for meat to slowly revolve on a spit? --And