From cowan@ccil.org Tue Apr 29 19:50:02 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 30 Apr 2003 02:50:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 98087 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2003 02:50:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 30 Apr 2003 02:50:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Apr 2003 02:50:01 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19AhfT-000531-00; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:49:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:49:59 -0400 To: Nick Nicholas Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] BPFK: Salvo 2 (list naziing) Message-ID: <20030430024959.GL12348@ccil.org> References: <20030430022751.GJ12348@ccil.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=212516 X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan Nick Nicholas scripsit: > >The argumentum ad baculum I can face bravely, but the argumentum > >ad bacillum leaves me on the floor (unless penicillin works; I'm > >allergic to tetracyclines). > > .i ku'i doi djan. cmagrana po'o .o'anai (argumentum ad etymologiam) > > Well, that'll learn me to use them high-falutin' words... Well, you're right, "bacillum" *is* the diminutive of "baculum". I was just being sassy. ko lauba'u gi'e bevri lo cmagrana -- A rabbi whose congregation doesn't want John Cowan to drive him out of town isn't a rabbi, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan and a rabbi who lets them do it jcowan@reutershealth.com isn't a man. --Jewish saying http://www.reutershealth.com