From jcowan@reutershealth.com Sun Dec 01 22:07:10 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 2 Dec 2002 06:07:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 93014 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2002 06:07:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Dec 2002 06:07:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2002 06:07:09 -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 BAA16460 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:19:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200212020619.BAA16460@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:04:23 -0500 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Why we should cancel the vote or all vote NO To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:04:23 -0500 (EST) 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 Robert LeChevalier scripsit: > I deny that the (existing) baseline encompasses semantics because the > semantics has not been defined. The semantics is *partly* defined, Bob. You conceded this years ago when I pointed out that the difference between "mi" and "do" (or "pa" and "re") is well defined, and is a matter of semantics, since they have identical syntax. Since there is no hope of *completely* defining the semantics, the most we can hope for is to increase the size of the partial definition. -- If you have ever wondered if you are in hell, John Cowan it has been said, then you are on a well-traveled http://www.ccil.org/~cowan road of spiritual inquiry. If you are absolutely http://www.reutershealth.com sure you are in hell, however, then you must be jcowan@reutershealth.com on the Cross Bronx Expressway. --Alan Feur, NYTimes, 2002-09-20