From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Feb 03 12:01:27 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 3 Feb 2003 20:01:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 28626 invoked from network); 3 Feb 2003 20:01:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Feb 2003 20:01:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Feb 2003 20:01:27 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18fmmU-0005Tl-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:01:26 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18fmmQ-0005TU-00; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:01:22 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:01:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mercury.ccil.org ([192.190.237.100] ident=mail) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18fmmJ-0005TL-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:01:15 -0800 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18fmmB-00074Q-00; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 15:01:07 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: Wierdness with lerfu strings. In-Reply-To: <20030203194215.GA20552@digitalkingdom.org> from Robin Lee Powell at "Feb 3, 2003 11:42:15 am" To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:01:07 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: X-archive-position: 3997 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan Reply-To: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > Apparently, lerfu strings cannot be names. Was that intentional? Yes. Following "la" is either a cmevla (ending in a consonant) or else a predicate. Lerfu strings are neither. So either add a consonant, la byfyf. or else just say byfy. and let the referent of this anaphora be glorked. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --_The Hobbit_