Subject: RE: Questions

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:57:09 EDT

ivan (xorxes)
<<> so I think it is ok to treat my present self as lasting
> from my birth till now.

Arguably, though, you weren't your present self before you had
those experiences, so your present self lasts but this moment.>>

Too much Buddhist metaphysics in our "metaphysically neutral" (like aUI's 
grammarless grammar?) language. What would Grice do?

On the basic question, how to say "How old are you?", what about various 
things with <ni>? though I have no good suggestions *what* with it ?ma ni 
tolcitno? -- too calquey.