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Subject: Re: Beyond Whorf: "things," "qualities," and the origin of nouns and adjectives
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--- In lojban@egroups.com, "Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@h...> wrote:

> You wouldn't say in English that the bottle contents are
> still bottle contents when outside of the bottle, at least
> not for long. Would you say that {se botpi} are still {se botpi},
> perhaps being the contents of the empty set?

.i le botpi be lo xunre vanju se pu spofu .i .oi mi na ba pinxe le
selpofbo'i

.aulun.