From rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca Thu Aug 31 22:47:16 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29061 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2000 05:47:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m3.onelist.org with QMQP; 1 Sep 2000 05:47:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca) (129.97.134.11) by mta1 with SMTP; 1 Sep 2000 05:47:16 -0000 Received: from calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA08685 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 01:49:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200009010549.BAA08685@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Even In-Reply-To: Message from Robin Lee Powell of "Fri, 01 Sep 2000 01:13:34 EDT." <200009010513.BAA06568@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 01:49:31 -0400 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Robin Lee Powell writes: > > >In going over old mails, I came across Jorge Llambias saying had hadn't >found a satisfactory word for 'even', as in 'even the cat wants to go'. > >What about > >ji'a .ue > >? > >I think that expresses what I would mean by 'even' in that phrase, to >wit: "also, and surprisingly, the cat wants to go". Another option, for >a different tone, might be: > >ji'a .a'u > > >I also have bitched about this issue in the past, but having noticed >these two solutions, I'm finding that I _like_ the ability to break >'even' into it's component thoughts. After all, the goal, at least for >me, is to not think in English. One of these days I'll read a whole thread before posting. :) Anyways, ji'a .ue was suggested at the time, but I don't think the idea of ji'a+ was suggested. Going over the attitudinals, I found a _lot_ that could be stuck with ji'a to give some version of the English word even. Examples: a'o a'u au aunai e'unai o'onai etc, etc, etc. -Robin -- http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. Despite not getting very emotional about it, the fact that quantum entanglement doesn't allow transmission of information is probably the most profound dissapointment I've ever experienced. -- RLPowell