From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Mar 28 10:07:07 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_5); 28 Mar 2003 18:07:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 91569 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 18:05:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Mar 2003 18:05:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 18:05:05 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18yyDx-0007Il-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:05:05 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18yyDq-0007IS-00; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:04:58 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:04:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18yyDh-0007IH-00 for lojban-list@digitalkingdom.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:04:49 -0800 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:04:49 -0800 To: lojban-list@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Alice proofreading Message-ID: <20030328180449.GN16560@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list References: <20030328000950.GG16560@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-archive-position: 4668 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 Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:46:12PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > > > Except not; bookshelves are not normally enclosed. > > > > This is, AFAIK, the primary difference between the two. > > The cupboards in my house had (until two decades ago) no doors. I > think cupboards are defined by their contents: eating utensils, if > not otherwise qualified. >>From dictionary.com: cupboard \Cup"board\ (k[u^]b"b[~e]rd), n. [Cup + board.] 1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. cup·board P Pronunciation Key (kbrd) n. A closet or cabinet, usually with shelves for storing food, crockery, and utensils. cab·i·net P Pronunciation Key (kb-nt) n. An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects. cabinet adj 1: relating to or used in making cabinets; "cabinet wood" 2: relating to or being a member of a governmental cabinet; "cabinet matters"; "a cabinet minister" n 1: a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display 2: persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers 3: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock [syn: locker, storage locker] 4: housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television [syn: console] Seems like I'm closer to being correct than you are, from that evidence, but it's hardly clear. -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