From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Feb 28 10:29:09 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 28 Feb 2003 18:29:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 10283 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2003 18:29:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Feb 2003 18:29:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Feb 2003 18:29:05 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18opFh-0003VT-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:28:57 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18opEe-0003V0-00; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:27:52 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:27:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18opCs-0003Ua-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:26:02 -0800 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:26:02 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) Message-ID: <20030228182600.GU17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030228103736.P4979-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030228103736.P4979-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 4232 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:38:39AM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > pada also means "any", since it's still not specific about the doctor > that's being asked for. You assert, then, that mi nitcu pa da poi mikce vau le nu cikre le mi kerlo is prima facia invalid lojban? I'd say the burden of proof is on *you* to show that. If "pa da poi mikce" means *any* 1 element drawn from the set of doctors, then that sentence is clearly non-sensical, since many doctors know nothing about ear problems. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi