From lojbab@lojban.org Sun Jun 18 04:28:13 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8714 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2000 11:28:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 18 Jun 2000 11:28:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-3.cais.net) (205.252.14.73) by mta1 with SMTP; 18 Jun 2000 11:28:11 -0000 Received: from bob (82.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.82]) by stmpy-3.cais.net (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e5IBSAJ47090 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 07:28:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lojbab@lojban.org) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000618072533.00ba0a50@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 07:28:55 -0400 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] A defense of dead horse beating In-Reply-To: <20000617232956.20554.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 04:29 PM 06/17/2000 -0700, Jorge Llambias wrote: >I think it is a mistake to assume that since the language >is baselined then everything has already been settled. >On the contrary, most things haven't. As an example, I >still haven't been able to figure out a comfortable way >of saying "even", as in "even the cat wants to go". >I usually use {ji'a} for that, but I know it doesn't >really capture the whole meaning. Which is....? If you can define the problem, the solution may come to mind - probably as ji'a *plus* another UI, IMHO. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org