From phma@webjockey.net Fri Jan 24 15:35:10 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 24 Jan 2003 23:35:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 11106 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2003 23:35:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 Jan 2003 23:35:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blackcat.ixazon.lan) (208.150.110.21) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2003 23:35:10 -0000 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7337AA50D; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 23:34:56 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban@yahoogroups.com (Lojban List) Subject: Re: [lojban] An X is an X Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 18:34:56 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200301242342.SAA25912@mail2.reutershealth.com> In-Reply-To: <200301242342.SAA25912@mail2.reutershealth.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200301241834.56288.phma@webjockey.net> From: Pierre Abbat X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=92712300 On Friday 24 January 2003 18:29, John Cowan wrote: > Pierre Abbat scripsit: > > "an X is an X" (count noun) or "X is X" (mass noun) is an idiom; in > > Lojban it's a tautology. How should the idiom be rendered in Lojban? > > And when you've solved that problem, tackle this one: > > In old Australia/Wales/Montana, men were men and sheep were nervous. Boys will be boys... phma