From jcowan@reutershealth.com Sat Sep 28 13:29:28 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_4); 28 Sep 2002 20:29:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 95642 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2002 20:29:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Sep 2002 20:29:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Sep 2002 20:29:27 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA07412; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:40:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200209282040.QAA07412@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:28:55 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: paroi ro mentu To: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk (And Rosta) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:28:55 -0400 (EDT) Cc: jcowan@reutershealth.com (John Cowan), lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: from "And Rosta" at Sep 28, 2002 02:12:22 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan And Rosta scripsit: > 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? I scarcely think it universal. Indeed, last week's science section of the NYTimes used "rotate" and "revolve" synonymously in a single paragraph. It's just one of those quirky distinctions that Make Physics Phun! -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com http://www.reutershealth.com http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Humpty Dump Dublin squeaks through his norse Humpty Dump Dublin hath a horrible vorse But for all his kinks English / And his irismanx brogues Humpty Dump Dublin's grandada of all rogues. --Cousin James