From jjllambias@hotmail.com Sun Jun 11 14:46:39 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2666 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2000 21:46:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 11 Jun 2000 21:46:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.34) by mta2 with SMTP; 11 Jun 2000 21:46:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 88407 invoked by uid 0); 11 Jun 2000 21:46:37 -0000 Message-ID: <20000611214637.88406.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 200.42.155.104 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 14:46:37 PDT X-Originating-IP: [200.42.155.104] To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban can help? Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 14:46:37 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed From: "Jorge Llambias" la pycyn cusku di'e > <<>But the point is that lb > >can say this very easily. > > Yes, almost as easily as English... :) >> > >But with the advantage that the person is inherent in the predicate, not an >add-on, which the original author, at least, thought was a problem. I'm not sure it really is an advantage. For those not of the subjectivist persuasion it may be preferrable that the language make it a bit more awkward to express "nonsense". For the Sapir-Whorfians this might be a good test: does learning Lojban turn you into a subjectivist? co'o mi'e xorxes ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com