From jcowan@reutershealth.com Tue Nov 19 05:52:12 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 19 Nov 2002 13:52:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 49524 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2002 13:52:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 19 Nov 2002 13:52:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Nov 2002 13:52:12 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18E8nU-0006qV-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:52:12 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18E8nP-0006qE-00; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:52:07 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:52:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.151] (helo=mail2.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18E8nK-0006q4-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:52:02 -0800 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 JAA29818; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:03:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200211191403.JAA29818@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:49:12 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: Let's be friends To: d95mback@dtek.chalmers.se Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:49:12 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <1037710704.9323.15.camel@caesar.safelogic.se> from "Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Norb=E4ck?=" at Nov 19, 2002 01:58:24 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 2645 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: John Cowan Reply-To: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Norb=E4ck?= scripsit: > x1 is a fish of species x2 [metaphorical extension to sharks, non-fish > aquatic vertebrates] > > Why sharks are mentioned, I don't know, since they are true fish, [...]. For the sake of clarity. Sharks are true members of Pisces, to be sure, but teleost fishes are the prototype for the category "fish". > So I don't buy the argument not to use the full gismu in a lujvo, the > rafsi would mean the exact same thing. +1 -- A poetical purist named Cowan [that's me: jcowan@reutershealth.com] Once put the rest of us dowan. [on xml-dev] "Your verse would be sweeter http://www.ccil.org/~cowan If it only had metre http://www.reutershealth.com And rhymes that didn't force me to frowan." [overpacked line!] --Michael Kay