From pycyn@aol.com Sun Jun 18 06:31:55 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30151 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2000 13:31:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m3.onelist.org with QMQP; 18 Jun 2000 13:31:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-d09.mx.aol.com) (205.188.157.41) by mta3 with SMTP; 18 Jun 2000 13:31:52 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-d09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v27.10.) id a.28.7260500 (1840) for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:31:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <28.7260500.267e2941@aol.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:31:45 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] A defense of dead horse beating To: lojban@egroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 41 From: pycyn@aol.com pc: << >3) I'm surprised the cat is doing >it >> In light of xorxes' quite correct comments, this should be "It is surprising that the cat is doing it," that is, there should be some more or less objective improbability about the cat getting involved. So, for example, given the reputed tallness of Watusi (Tutsi), the fact that John, the shortest man on the team, is tall for them is unlikely and indeed that it is his heighth that distinguishes him (rather than the expected ability to herd cattle and kill lions?) is unlikely, as is the fact that he is distinguished among the Tutsi as well as most other tribes. Maybe {le mlatu la'anai}?