From lojbab@lojban.org Sun Jun 18 04:37:36 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31045 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2000 11:37:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m3.onelist.org with QMQP; 18 Jun 2000 11:37:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-4.cais.net) (205.252.14.74) by mta2 with SMTP; 18 Jun 2000 11:37:34 -0000 Received: from bob (82.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.82]) by stmpy-4.cais.net (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e5IBbWf77151 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 07:37:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lojbab@lojban.org) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000618073045.00b7dec0@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 07:38:18 -0400 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] A defense of dead horse beating In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 08:16 PM 06/17/2000 -0400, pycyn@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 00-06-17 19:30:27 EDT, xorxes writes: > ><< 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". >> > >Stop me if I've said this before. (too late) That even means 1) everybody >else is doing it 2) the cat is doing it, 3) I'm surprised the cat is doing >it. I think that 3 (with 2) of course is the crucial part, so just a good >surprise mark ought to do in most situations. Maybe strategically placed: {le >mlatu ue cu gasnu} In light of my previous post le mlatu ji'a .ue cu gasnu >Can we set up a RECORD to call up after a day or two on this one. You seem to be the keeper of the RECORDS, Mr. Vice President (that sounds like it ought to be a secretarial job, I know, but Nora doesn't even get to read all your RECORDS until days or weeks after you write them). It seems that you are finally earning your long-held title, sir. zo'oga'inai >And we still need a few go'rounds on {loi}. And most other things that have >to wait for real speakers to settle. (Baselining is just to allow some real >speakers to emerge, after all.) Yes, many of which have never been seen before. Isn't it neat! .uicai I wish JCB had understood how important it was to reach a stopping point to change in order to get people to learn and use the language. 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