From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Mar 04 11:31:12 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 4 Mar 2003 19:31:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 95137 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2003 19:31:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Mar 2003 19:31:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Mar 2003 19:31:11 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18qI87-0006Er-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:31:11 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18qI7s-0006EY-00; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:30:56 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:30:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao01.cox.net ([68.1.17.244]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18qI7e-0006EP-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:30:42 -0800 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.92.1]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030304193010.FVBL18293.lakemtao01.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org>; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 14:30:10 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030304142436.03598e80@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 14:29:03 -0500 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Honorifics (was: RE: Re: The Any thread) Cc: ragnarok@pobox.com In-Reply-To: <20030304012040.GA21589@allusion.net> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030303193828.0349e1f0@pop.east.cox.net> <20030303235645.GA20658@allusion.net> <5.2.0.9.0.20030303193828.0349e1f0@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-archive-position: 4337 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Robert LeChevalier Reply-To: lojbab@lojban.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab At 07:20 PM 3/3/03 -0600, Jordan DeLong wrote: > > Professor Smith might be doi smit po'u la ctuca .io > > Mister is then la nanmu .io > > Ms. is then la ninmu .io > > Mrs. is then la fetspe .io > >Shouldn't Mrs. have a .ionai? Didn't "Mrs. John Doe" originally >imply that she was the property of John? Why should it matter what it originally meant? What matters is what it means to the speaker and listener. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org