From pycyn@aol.com Tue Aug 08 11:57:14 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3798 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2000 18:57:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 8 Aug 2000 18:57:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-r07.mx.aol.com) (152.163.225.7) by mta1 with SMTP; 8 Aug 2000 18:57:13 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-r07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v27.12.) id a.cb.84e2451 (4558) for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:57:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:57:09 EDT Subject: RE: Questions 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 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 ? though I have no good suggestions *what* with it ?ma ni tolcitno? -- too calquey.