From cowan@ccil.org Wed Mar 05 15:33:20 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 5 Mar 2003 23:33:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 96998 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2003 23:33:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 Mar 2003 23:33:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2003 23:33:19 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18qiNz-0005TY-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 18:33:19 -0500 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: The Any thread In-Reply-To: from Craig at "Mar 5, 2003 06:22:01 pm" To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:33:19 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=212516 X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan Craig scripsit: > Yes. However, if I say "mi nitcu lo mikce" and Dr. Foo shows up, my need has > been filled by a specific doctor - Dr Foo. E can still be referred to > nonspecifically, as e was in the "mi nitcu lo mikce" sentence. But, there, I > maintain that the listener cannot be held to have been told of any specific > doctor who is needed, and that if the speaker is communicating there is > none. Oll korrect. > >(A "tanka", or extended haiku) > > What are the rules for this form? Five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables. -- 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_