From jcowan@reutershealth.com Tue Nov 19 05:57:16 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 13:57:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 49196 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2002 13:57:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 19 Nov 2002 13:57:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Nov 2002 13:57:16 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18E8sN-0006t0-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:57:15 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18E8sJ-0006sj-00; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:57:11 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:57:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.151] (helo=mail2.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18E8sE-0006sW-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:57:06 -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 JAA29894; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:08:48 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200211191408.JAA29894@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:54:17 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: Let's be friends To: d95mback@dtek.chalmers.se Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:54:17 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <1037712422.9323.31.camel@caesar.safelogic.se> from "Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Norb=E4ck?=" at Nov 19, 2002 02:27:02 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 2646 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: > > "metaphorical extension" AFAIU means that it can be used with that meaning in > > a tanru, even if the gismu by itself doesn't mean that. > > So it's a bit wrong to call a dolphin a finpe, but xajyfinpe is ok? Or > can you use a gismu metaphorically as well? I see no problem with calling a dolphin lo finpe, though I wouldn't do it myself, being something of a hard-liner in this particular matter. (I hold a heterodox view on biological taxa, namely that they are individuals.) -- A mosquito cried out in his pain, John Cowan "A chemist has poisoned my brain!" http://www.ccil.org/~cowan The cause of his sorrow http://www.reutershealth.com Was para-dichloro- jcowan@reutershealth.com Diphenyltrichloroethane. (aka DDT)