From xod@thestonecutters.net Thu Mar 13 11:26:05 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 13 Mar 2003 19:26:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 21008 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2003 19:26:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Mar 2003 19:26:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Mar 2003 19:26:04 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18tYL6-0000mb-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:26:04 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tYKy-0000mH-00; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:25:56 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:25:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tYKi-0000li-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:25:40 -0800 Received: from granite.thestonecutters.net (localhost.thestonecutters.net [127.0.0.1]) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2DJPTXd087471 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:25:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h2DJPTSK087468 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:25:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:25:29 -0500 (EST) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: spofu skami In-Reply-To: <20030313191137.GO25165@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: <20030313141733.A85179-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 4492 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Invent Yourself Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 02:07:46PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:56:48PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > > > I don't have anything to explain. nirna can have one definition > > > > that covers more than the English "neuron" or "nerve", without > > > > being polysemic. > > > > > > Oh that is an *AMAZING* cop out. "It's true because I say so. > > > Neener." > > > > > > I really expected better from you then to take your ball and go home > > > like that. > > > > > > .ionai > > > > Who's copping out? > > You are. > > > I find your charge of polysemy to be malglico, and your arguments > > unconvincing. > > And you have yet to make a single counter-argument except "because I say > so". > > If that's going to be your sole argumentative technique, you can't > honestly expect me to listen to you, can you? You must be waiting for me to launch into a tirade about how neuron-like computer networks are. In fact, the "dotted lines" bounding gismu are as arbitrary as anything else. But just because one covers more than one English word does not make it polysemic. Polysemy is when there are more than one, topologically-separate "dotted line" regions. -- "This is an example of what elections should be, with 97 percent participation, free of money and corruption and totally transparent," Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage told Reuters.